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Category: Feeling Alive
Stress is unavoidable
Stress is unavoidable and can, under the right conditions, even be beneficial. We can’t escape stress, but we can befriend it. We can learn to control our stress response and channel that energy in constructive and creative ways. If you’re experiencing chronic stress or feeling constantly on edge chances are you’ve got an overactive sympathetic… Read More Stress is unavoidable
Parasympathetic nervous system
When the parasympathetic nervous system is activated, it produces a calm and relaxed feeling in the mind and body. People can learn to trigger their parasympathetic nervous system to immediately reduce their sense of anxiety and stress. Everything you perceive through your senses – everything you can see, hear, taste, smell, intuit, and touch is… Read More Parasympathetic nervous system
What are flashbacks?
A flashback is a vivid experience in which you relive some aspects of a traumatic event or feel as if it is happening right now. This can sometimes be like watching a video of what happened, but flashbacks do not necessarily involve seeing images, or reliving events from start to finish. You might experience any… Read More What are flashbacks?
Complex post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
People who repeatedly experience traumatic situations, such as severe neglect, abuse or violence, may be diagnosed with complex PTSD. Complex PTSD can cause similar symptoms to PTSD and may not develop until years after the event. It’s often more severe if the trauma was experienced early in life, as this can affect a child’s development.
If the heart wanders
If the heart wanders or is distracted, bring it back to the point quite gently… And even if you did nothing during the whole of your hour but bring your heart back, though it went away every time you brought it back, your hour would be very well employed. – St. Francis de Sales –
Without the dark, we cannot see the light.
Without the dark, we cannot see the light.Without the silence, we cannot hear the music.Without the possibility of its absence, we cannot feel the love.– Lauren Fins –
Happiness
Happiness is not found through changing our external world,but through changing our internal landscape.– Shauna Shapiro –
Would you like to learn how to change?
“Happiness depends upon ourselves.” – Aristotle
“Happiness depends upon ourselves.” – Aristotle
