The Art of Healing Trauma

JULY 22, 2021

Self-tracking I talked about how I was tracking my PTSD symptoms. (9.) My third Somatic Experiencing session, on Thursday, November 11, was primarily about how to reconnect with a place of peace, neutrality and self-connection even after the system is disrupted by something. This issue also happened when driving.

Trauma and the brain 52

Trauma and the brain Self-awareness PTSD recovery 52

Mad in America

JUNE 6, 2024

Insel is a prime example of a top psychiatrist with exuberance about psychiatry regardless of his awareness of the reality of its repeated failures. “I This is evidenced by the 2010 article “ Bloodletting 1854 ,” published by the American Journal of Psychiatry (AJP) , the official journal of the APA. Greenstone tells us: “Dr.

Genetics and mental health 141

Genetics and mental health Aging and mental health Self-awareness Bipolar disorder 141

Mad in America

APRIL 27, 2024

The low serotonin theory of depression fell apart long ago, and Ed Pigott and colleagues published their first report on the STAR*D transgressions in 2010, telling of protocol violations that had been employed to inflate the reported remission rate. However, it is not a story of advance that has survived the test of time.

Self-awareness 145

Self-awareness Depression treatment 145

Mad in America

AUGUST 5, 2024

We consider the consequences of diagnosis as a form of social identity; of neurodivergence as a form of disability; and of self-diagnosis. Some of them self-identify as disabled, a category which—like neurodivergence itself—is extremely heterogenous. The consequences of ‘diagnosis as identity.’ Both outcomes are problematic.

Trauma and the brain 145

Trauma and the brain Genetics and mental health Self-awareness Personality disorders 145

Mad in America

DECEMBER 27, 2023

They believed in the Declaration of Independence, which held “these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness” — otherwise known as the American dream. My mother passed away in 2001.

Legal 138

Legal Self-awareness Education 138

Mad in America

MARCH 21, 2024

Taking the two studies together, adverse events definitely predisposing to violence against self or others leading to discontinuation occurred in 11 versus 3 children. One of the strongest precursors for violence against self or others is akathisia. Forest’s internal documents showed that company staff were aware of the problems.

Manufacturing 145

Manufacturing Self-awareness Legal Personality disorders 145

Mad in America

OCTOBER 30, 2023

of the patients, and the authors said that their study “provides new evidence to suggest little to no relation between use of a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor and self-reported suicidal ideation.” Insel is aware of this and promises to investigate why mental health outcomes in the United States are so poor.

Pharmaceuticals 134

Pharmaceuticals Manufacturing Bipolar disorder Self-awareness 134

Mad in America

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

I decided to focus on self-injury this time. The door to talk about self-injury had been opened, and so I walked through it. “I Gretchen didn’t take the cue to move on from the self-injury talk, and kept pushing, and centering the responsibility for my ‘safety’ in others, rather than myself. Right now self injuring is helping.”

Sleep and mental health 137

Sleep and mental health Self-awareness Resilience and coping Hospitality 137

Mad in America

MARCH 2, 2024

In 2009-2010, I had a very tough time. In 2009-2010, things did not go well for me due to a combination of extreme insomnia, a seriously diminished self-image, setbacks in all kinds of areas and the partial loss of my social safety net. Anniek: I had cleared six months of time to make sure I had time for optimal self-care.

Sleep and mental health 143

Sleep and mental health Self-awareness Neurotransmitters and mental health Resilience and coping 143

The Art of Healing Trauma

NOVEMBER 17, 2019

This short story about a train trip shows how the many symptoms of PTSD combine to have a devastating impact to one’s Sense of Self. Losing a large percent of memory of one’s past is the equivalent of losing a large percent of one’s Sense of Self, identity, personality, etc. But it never happened. So I had no help.

Trauma and the brain 52

Trauma and the brain Self-awareness Hospitality 52

Mad in America

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

While expanding trauma criteria is often justified as necessary for inclusivity and compassion, critics contend that these expansions may be driven, by some, out of self-interest. Since 2010, trauma diagnoses among adolescents have surged, rising from about 3% in 2010 to over 8% by 2023.

Resilience and coping 143

Resilience and coping Self-awareness Sleep and mental health Nutrition and mood 143

Mad in America

FEBRUARY 17, 2024

Every other day, it seems, some new article appears on declines in child and adolescent wellbeing and spikes in suicide attempts and self-harm. According to a recent survey of American adolescents, American teens reporting daily (or almost) in-person get-togethers plunged from 44 percent in 2010 to 32 percent in 2022. For the brain.

Aging and mental health 138

Aging and mental health Sleep and mental health Neurotransmitters and mental health Self-awareness 138

Mad in America

JANUARY 9, 2025

And thanks to education and awareness-raising efforts, more people are getting help with their suffering. Raising awareness about depression, screening for it, and teaching that its common but underdiagnosed, at first glance seem like good things. So its particularly easy to get them to adopt an inferior self-image.

Healthcare 99

Healthcare Aging and mental health Self-awareness Bipolar disorder 99

International Society for Interpersonal Psychother

NOVEMBER 24, 2024

Individuals with ASD possess difficulties in self-understanding or theory of own mind as well as theory of mind about others (Robinson, 2018). Not caring for or being aware of basic attachment needs in the interaction with others is probably a high risk factor for depression and other mental illnesses.

Autism spectrum 40

Autism spectrum Self-awareness Aging and mental health Trauma and the brain 40

Mad in America

MARCH 19, 2025

His extensive body of work includes Persons: Understanding Psychological Selfhood and Agency (2010), Psychology and the Question of Agency (2003), and The Psychology of Human Possibility and Constraint (1999) books that challenge psychologys tendency to isolate individuals from history, culture, and power structures. Can you quantify justice?

Poverty and mental health 142

Poverty and mental health Education Self-awareness Aging and mental health 142