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Forgiveness
LOOK OUTSIDE OF THE BOX
Yes I am also guilty, I have spent the past couple of years buying into the illusion. Narcissism has become factoid Everyone is a narcissist or so they would have you believe. There are groups and forums out there that talk of it all day long, if you stay on them for long enough you will… Read More LOOK OUTSIDE OF THE BOX
“Narcissist” the most over used word in the dictionary
Fixating on Demons
Dombek makes this case elegantly, and by heavy implication: If you are strongly averse to something, won’t you inevitably have trouble recognizing it within yourself? The religious fear of evil can itself lead to evil—a desire to protect unborn children, for instance, can cause a callous disregard for women’s lives. The fear of being inconsistent… Read More Fixating on Demons
Gold Standard Therapies
PTSD treatments generally fall into two broad categories: past-focused and present-focused (or their combination) [4]. Past-focused PTSD models ask clients to explore their trauma in detail to promote “working through” or processing of painful memories, emotions, beliefs and/or body sensations about the trauma. In contrast, present-focused PTSD models focus on psychoeducation and coping skills to… Read More Gold Standard Therapies
Limbic scars
Background: Childhood maltreatment represents a strong risk factor for the development of depression and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in later life. In the present study, we investigated the neurobiological underpinnings of this association. Since both depression and PTSD have been associated with increased amygdala responsiveness to negative stimuli as well as reduced hippocampal gray matter volume,… Read More Limbic scars
Effects of early life trauma
The number of children who experience neglect or abuse is high—about ten out of every thousand children in the United States in 2008.29 Identifying and helping these children is especially difficult unless there are bruises or physical injuries. The effects of early life attachment can lie dormant in the brain until later life. The impact of… Read More Effects of early life trauma
Brain Development
Much of this experience-dependent control of brain development relies upon the experiences either increasing or decreasing the neural activity of a cell. For example, unused neurons (neurons with little neural activity) will die, while used neurons will survive. This is a normal process that occurs in the developing brain—too many cells are born and are… Read More Brain Development
