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How PTSD Impacts Men and Women Differently- Success: Do Some Peoples Childhoods Set Them Up To Associate Being Uncomfortable With Death? - by Submitted on Sep 08, 2019 from Oliver JR CooperWhat one may find, if they are into self-development, is that they have been told on a number of occasions how important it is to get out of their comfort zone. Still, even if this is not something that they are into, they may have still heard it. Perhaps they have heard that their comfort ...
Views: 32 - Sense Of Safety: Do Some People's Childhoods Set Them Up To Feel Unsafe In Their Body? - by Submitted on Sep 07, 2019 from Oliver JR CooperIn order for a house or a tall building to stay in place, it will need to have firm foundations. Through having firm foundations, the support that the structure needs to exist will be provided. Not only will the building stay in place, but the people that go into the building will also feel ...
Views: 28 - Nobody taught me how to have boundaries… now what? - by Submitted on Jul 30, 2019 from Nicole WarrenBoundaries can definitely be a tough thing to master, they also can have a profound impact on how we interact with others. For a lot of us, we weren’t taught how to have boundaries so it can be tough to figure these suckers out. Maybe the people that raised us didn’t have boundaries and modeled ...
Views: 78 - Why Virtual Reality Therapy Can Help You Sooner Than You Think - by Submitted on Jul 15, 2019 from Jack EliasSince 1988 I have spent the better part of every day helping people overcome their problems ranging from ordinary bad habits to extreme PTSD. The whole process centers around introducing people to the nature and function of our mind. Isn’t it ironic that we need help to understand something ...
Views: 119(1 vote) - Awakening and Rekindling Desire - by Submitted on May 28, 2019 from Colli ChristanteCOLLI K CHRISTANTE May 28, 2019 Awakening & Rekindling Desire The Essential Ingredient in Healing Trauma Desire is a fundamental part of our freedom and happiness. ~Ester Perel When you have been wounded, dehumanized, violated, somebody has used you, exploited you, you become ...
Views: 140 - Post Traumatic Growth – Why Recovery is the Best Revenge - by Submitted on Jan 07, 2019 from Amy JonesBy definition, revenge is quite harsh. It means to inflict hurt or harm on someone for an injury or wrong done to someone else. For this post, I would like to alter the definition slightly in the following way: to avenge oneself by retaliating through healing, recovery and self-care. Pretty ...
Views: 498 - Why do Doctors prescribe Cannabis to PTSD Patients? - by Submitted on Oct 30, 2018 from Caitlyn BellSmoking tobacco is injurious to health. We all know it. We’ve always been told to say no to smoking and how 7,000 chemicals burn everytime you light a cigarette. It’s not just harmful, it’s worse. It’s cancerous. But do you ever wonder, ‘how about marijuana’? Is it the same thing? Well, not ...
Views: 468 - PTSD Is Dead So Now It Is Time To Live - by Submitted on Sep 25, 2018 from Risa RuseIt started with a dream showing letters written to me. The angels were spelling the word “Kyron”, you see. It did not make any sense to combine the letters this way. Then the thought came to look it up on the Internet one day. At first a gentle speaking man appeared with that name, so I ...
Views: 526 - Hiding and Shrinking: What Disney's Frozen Can Teach Us About Being Emotionally Intense - by Submitted on May 29, 2018 from Imi LoSome people are naturally more intense than others. They are often told that they are ‘too much,’, ’too sensitive,’ ‘too emotional. People who feel more deeply and intensely than others are more aware of subtleties; their brain processes information and reflects on it more deeply. At ...
Views: 852 - The Gifts Inside of Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) - by Submitted on May 29, 2018 from Imi LoIt is increasingly being recognized that many individuals who receive the diagnosis of BPD are naturally highly intuitive and perceptive. What was previously thought of as a genetic vulnerability may reflect an innate talent. People who were born emotionally intense, sensitive and are ...
Views: 961 - This Technique Actually Heals Trauma! - by Submitted on Mar 28, 2018 from Oliver JR CooperAround the middle of last year, there was a day when I felt like trying yoga again, and this was partly due to the fact that I felt lighter. What also gave me a boost was that I had just spent the afternoon with a friend. I had thought about doing this before, but I hadn’t taken the next ...
Views: 1032 - Gaia's PTSD Plea - by Submitted on Mar 05, 2018 from Risa RuseHave you ever thought about how Mother Earth was feeling? Well, she shows just that through mirroring our negative emotions that have collectively caused all sorts of catastrophic pain. If you visualize connecting to her crystalline core heart deep within the center of her spirit (who is ...
Views: 902 - Dear Dr. Romance: It makes me very very upset, angry, pissed-off, and sad. - by Submitted on Jan 30, 2018 from Tina TessinaDear Dr. Romance: I saw your article "Surviving Loss and Thriving Again" while searching for answers to my own issues. The 'loved one' I lost was myself. I loved life, loved adventure, travel, people, photography, mostly adventure! In 2 seconds my life was 'taken' away ...
Views: 898(1 vote) - Victim, Survivor or Thriver? How They Are Different and What You Can Do To Move On. - by Submitted on Jan 26, 2018 from Christiana StarEach experience is telling us something about ourselves, other people, the society we live in, the country, the world. The messages we receive from our experience are filtered through our belief system, previous experience and cultural norms. For example, one person may see adversity as ...
Views: 954 - PTSD Veil Lifted To Let The Light Shine In - by Submitted on Dec 29, 2017 from Risa RuseThe acts of trauma become like a dense, dark veil covering the soul. Identifying the emotions to match the veil has to be part of our goal. That is if we choose to allow our Higher Self to take control, you see. This is the inner guidance that comes, once we receive it flowing with ...
Views: 1116 - “I Felt Completely Violated” - by Submitted on Nov 23, 2017 from Oliver JR CooperWhilst my mother was in hospital recovering from her stroke, towards the end of 2010, it was just me and my father at home. But even though my mother wasn’t there, it was so much more peaceful. And this was something that became clear when my mother came out of hospital; the energy of our ...
Views: 776 - Your 2017 Soul-Level Review: Five Stages of Mourning in the Kali Yuga - by Submitted on Nov 13, 2017 from joan pancoeTo view in your browser and see all the visuals and activate all the links: http://joanpancoe.com/page-newsletter-details.php?nl=120 Since the presidential election last year, many of us have been experiencing a range of emotions that cycle from shock and denial, to anger and depression, all ...
Views: 1104(1 vote) - Make PTSD A Faded Memory - by Submitted on Nov 11, 2017 from Risa RuseLet us take an imaginary, hypothetical journey together, you see. Actually, this is something that is really happening to me. Although, if it could happen to myself the circumstances could be yours, too. It involves looking down on our everyday lives, examining what keeps us blue. This ...
Views: 945 - “I Felt Depressed!" - by Submitted on Nov 09, 2017 from Oliver JR CooperIn the beginning of 2012 and throughout 2013, I would often feel flat, and at times, it was a challenge for me to get out of bed in the morning. While this was going on, there was another part of me found it hard to accept how I felt. I believed that I couldn’t allow myself to experience ...
Views: 714 - Empty PTSD So God Can Fill Us UP - by Submitted on Oct 02, 2017 from Risa RuseWe were discussing our age appropriateness for retirement last night. Funny how the issue seemed vague for myself, but for my daughter brought fright. She was worried (and that comes with a spirit attached) that we can catch. Though, there are 25 years for her, only a few until Social ...
Views: 864 - Dear Dr. Romance: They said "Go help somebody, you selfish jerk" - by Submitted on Sep 20, 2017 from Tina TessinaDear Dr. Romance: I recently read "Could He/She be a Control Freak?" and I suddenly found information that seemed to pertain to a failed marriage that I was still pondering about. I am wondering, if a person had a chaotic childhood ...
Views: 748(1 vote) - PTSD Ending Has A Price - by Submitted on Aug 10, 2017 from Risa RuseI guess we should identify what we need to get rid of when we want to unshackle ourselves from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD.) That is, the things we need to emotionally throw over-board in order to be able to steer our spiritual ship steady. I was reminded of this analogy when reading ...
Views: 908(3 votes) - Five Ways a Car Accident Can Shake Your Confidence - by Submitted on Aug 08, 2017 from Harper HarmonCar accidents are not just physical events. People who have been in accidents frequently report that their confidence is shaken and that they find daily life more difficult. These effects are normal. Talk to an attorney if you are involved in a car accident because he or she can help you recover ...
Views: 964 - *** How PTSD Impacts Men and Women Differently - by Submitted on Jun 27, 2017 from The RefugeIt should come as no surprise that men and women, while similar in numerous ways, are also very different. When it comes to posttraumatic stress disorder (more commonly referred to as PTSD), both men and women can be affected; however this disorder can impact men and women in very different ...
Views: 5053 - PTSD Is Like Gray Clouds - by Submitted on Feb 23, 2017 from Risa RuseThere are light, gray clouds in the sky (that really effect the soul.) They are not really clouds at all, but dark forces with an evil goal! Such awful covering over the blue sky binds those with PTSD, too. One cannot reach the coat of joyfulness while grayness dampens through. The news ...
Views: 1025 - Fight PTSD With God’s Armor - by Submitted on Nov 30, 2016 from Risa RuseIt is most logical that using prevention is best to combat any disaster, you see. This can be applied to combating the effects of negative emotions in PTSD. Granted, the emotional traumatic event(s) already occurred for this plight. What I am proposing is that we do not take it anymore ...
Views: 993 - PTSD Battle Skills - by Submitted on Nov 08, 2016 from Risa RuseEach experience that we survive through brings a solid skill. We need to celebrate that PTSD only wounded us, but did not kill! The battle over our minds is the stronghold of the evil enemy. Let us beware of thoughts that negate love, while filled with envy. We must remember that God ...
Views: 1079 - ***What are the signs of C-PTSD? - by Submitted on Oct 27, 2016 from Dean TaraborelliDo you or someone you know suffer from C-PTSD? Complex Post-traumatic Stress Disorder, or C-PTSD, commonly co-occurs with addiction. C-PTSD is a complicated trauma reaction caused by enduring extreme stress over a prolonged period of time. Its frequent companion, addiction, typically evolves ...
Views: 3347 - Qigong Spoils PTSD Emotions Batter - by Submitted on Oct 18, 2016 from Risa RuseWe know that if a recipe is missing a key ingredient, it will not bake right. In the same train of thought, adding a distasteful one is an awful sight! That is kind of the way PTSD works with our negative emotions, too. The healthy, right batter of emotions are missing, so that is why we ...
Views: 1207 - Qigong Turns PTSD Clock Forward - by Submitted on Oct 11, 2016 from Risa RuseThose of us who have had PTSD know what is means to be stuck in time. For me, 20 years passed by before I was able to continue to rhyme from the Divine. No, I do not think I could have moved any faster than I did, you see. Once getting over a childhood devastation in loss, another mishap ...
Views: 1178 - PTSD Has A Divine Strategy - by Submitted on Sep 29, 2016 from Risa RuseWhat makes you think that it was the devil only that brought you down? It was most certainly his intention to replace your contented smile with a frown. If we contemplate on why we have PTSD, there may be reign of another reason. That sovereign power comes from the will of God to perfect in ...
Views: 1017 - PTSD Relief Through Qigong Opens Two Doors - by Submitted on Sep 22, 2016 from Risa RuseWe can get used to coping with the negative symptoms of PTSD. After all, this is the way we have survived through it, you see. Having done so should be reward enough, is how we start to think. What we do not realize is that those emotions keep us unbalanced on life’s brink. Our thoughts ...
Views: 840 - How to Stay Healthy By Overcoming Stress - by Submitted on Apr 25, 2017 from Hafiz AkindeLeading a healthy life today is not an easy feat. There has been a huge shift from normal eating to horrible eating lifestyles, where people fail to exercise even after consuming lots of fast foods. This has led to a rise in health illness such as depression, high blood pressure, diabetes ...
Views: 1145(1 vote) - The Core Beliefs That Plague Men - by Submitted on Oct 10, 2017 from Vivian HarteYour core beliefs are those beliefs you created when you were a child based on your experiences and how you were treated and talked to. You had certain experiences and heard the same messages over and over again from family members, peers and others, and you formed certain core beliefs about ...
Views: 5006 - Contemplate PTSD As The Ending Of Times - by Submitted on Sep 06, 2016 from Risa RuseMatthew 16:3 proclaims our failings as mankind to choose what to discern. The question evoked, “O ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky,” as concern. Then Matthew proclaims, “But can ye not discern the signs of the times?” Our television broadcasts the weather forecast over, and ...
Views: 887 - PTSD Can Be Combined With Scriptural Curses - by Submitted on Aug 24, 2016 from Risa RuseIf your life seems to have been in a constant spiral down, contemplate on this. There may be forces unseen that are not just PTSD that took away your bliss. It was not until I started to study the arts of Feng Shui, and Qigong healing energy. Both are derived from ancient Chinese teachings ...
Views: 960 - Dry Scalp and Dandruff - by Submitted on Aug 23, 2016 from Pritam RawalOur perception towards dandruff and dry scalp being same is actually wrong. Dry scalp is different when compared to dandruff. The skin on our scalp renews its cells after every 24 days. That is the new skin cells are generated after 24 days while the older skin cells which are dead now, gets ...
Views: 1018 - Qigong Removes PTSD As Christ Rebukes Demons - by Submitted on Aug 11, 2016 from Risa RuseThis may sound like a great deal of action in the practice of Qigong. Using a positive intent, will further the process of negativity removal along. Getting rid of negative emotions (that may invite evil spirits) needs examination. Let me explain that there is a difference between spirits, ...
Views: 1008 - Qigong Replaces PTSD She Devil Attractions - by Submitted on Jul 28, 2016 from Risa RuseHaving had PTSD attracts certain personality traits in relationships. This can be very detrimental in finding healthy, positive partnerships. An example, for me is finding appropriate tenants to rent my duplex property. Interviewing them is a process of filtering out negative emotions, you ...
Views: 767 - Progressive Treatment for Concussion and TBI - by Submitted on Aug 30, 2018 from Dr. William PawlukBackground Traumatic brain injury (TBI) – or concussion – is a complex clinical phenomenon. The classic designations of mild, moderate, or severe TBI are based on the acute clinical presentation and do not necessarily predict the long-term outcome. Moreover, the long-held assumption that the ...
Views: 5981 - Qigong Tramples PTSD Emotions So We Can Be Ready For Christ - by Submitted on Jun 17, 2016 from Risa RuseIt is usually a very long, winding road to recovery from events of PTSD. If a person gets help right away, it may not take as long as it did for me. After hearing a preacher’s message in a sermon, a revelation transpired. He said that each of us has a seed planted by God (as I became ...
Views: 774 - Qigong Clears PTSD Emotional Guards - by Submitted on Jun 08, 2016 from Risa RuseWhen we find ourselves faced with a troublesome issue, reflect first. Be quiet, and still your senses so that the answer comes as you thirst. In silence ask yourself, “What caused this strange situation to begin?” Looking over what emotions have overflowed will keep us from a spin. You ...
Views: 799 - Qigong Opens PTSD Secret Assassin Attacks - by Submitted on May 30, 2016 from Risa Ruse1 Peter 4:12 quandary proclaims strange, fiery trials we are experiencing. This passage explains much, as customized, cruel tribulations may bring. We may have been trying our very best to get along with others. Only to be continually attacked by those we treat as sisters, and ...
Views: 783 - Qigong Destroys PTSD Infantry - by Submitted on May 20, 2016 from Risa RuseIsaiah 43:18-21 describes temptations’ power over us as being done. There God proclaims how He makes a way, once His will has begun! He arrives like the Calvary with guns blasting whether on land, or sea. The battle is not just won, but the enemy is rebuked to destruction, you see. Those ...
Views: 928 - Qigong Washes PTSD Emotions Away - by Submitted on May 04, 2016 from Risa RuseHow can we expect to drink clean water out of a dirty glass? When such is given to us, it is right to just let that grime pass. Otherwise, no matter what kind of water purifier we have it will be corrupted. It is such a waste of time, and effort to continue while success is ...
Views: 802 - Qigong Clears PTSD Making Our Purpose Possible - by Submitted on Apr 15, 2016 from Risa RuseConquering covert, and overt evil in the world starts in our own heart. Putting away our past hurts from PTSD is the way to a good, healthy start. Saint Paul’s Philippians 3:13 concentrates on eagerly moving forward. We must set our minds to move past what issues kept us going ...
Views: 741 - Transform PTSD Solitary Through Qigong Clearing - by Submitted on Apr 06, 2016 from Risa RuseThere is nothing worse than having a sapping secret to feed. It takes away precious life-force energy to make it continuously heed. PTSD is like filling up your gas tank, and emptying it getting lost. We keep using up our energy, going nowhere at a hidden cost. Some of us with trauma may ...
Views: 846 - Qigong Transforms PTSD Winter Into Spring - by Submitted on Mar 09, 2016 from Risa RuseThe seasons of the year coincides with how we can celebrate our days. Those of us with PTSD may be considered being in winter with delays. We may be still clearing out the debris of storms that came years ago. This kind of rubble comes from carrying negative emotions that grow. These ...
Views: 848 - Qigong Rebukes PTSD Stalking Ghosts - by Submitted on Mar 03, 2016 from Risa RuseWhen dealing with PTSD we need to ask ourselves a few things. It is an internal conversation, where we wait to see what the answer brings. We become our own judge, and jury when we examine each, and every fact. It is important that we are truly honest, so as to keep our ego in tact. The ...
Views: 861 - PTSD Healing Is Not Free - by Submitted on Feb 18, 2016 from Risa RuseWe should beware of merchants offering their goods for free. Examine their motives, with strings attached, for healing PTSD. Satan, and his demons are a type of merchant with strings, too. He may suggest taking the easy way out in suicide, which is true. Doctors, and therapists may make ...
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