Category: Trauma
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Let’s Talk About Resilience
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Why do some children seem to have this buoyancy, this natural knack for coping with the trauma in their lives more successfully than other children? Why are some children who experience early rejection able to grow into adulthood without developing patterns of negative beliefs about themselves and the safety and trust of their world and the people…
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A Very Scary Protest
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It’s stunning to me how quickly a recent scary situation can bring up long-ago childhood fearful memories.
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Trying to Feel Safe but Old Fears Keep Assaulting Me
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I like to think of myself as pretty fearless and gutsy but not so much with all the news of smash-and-grabs, assaults and shootings. My PTSD-like visceral response comes from old fears when I was a Child Protective Social Worker in San Francisco many years ago.
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Post-Roe: What’s Going to Happen to the Children?
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Repeal of Roe and subsequent loss of personal freedoms also comes with increased neglect of unwanted children, Child Protective Services and Foster Care. And in some states laws may affect in vitro fertilization, severe pregnancy complications, miscarriage management, and contraception. Even criminalizing abortion and miscarriages.
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Traumatizing Experiences Can Bring On PTSD
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When the Capitol was invaded on January 6, many members of Congress and staff were traumatized by needing to evacuate and hide for hours.They will likely experience PTSD — especially if they thought they were going to die.
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Honoring Grief and Making Losses Real
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The losses and fears of pandemic have been bringing up all kinds of losses from long ago –– of security, of health, of identity, of job, of respect, of recognition, of loved ones or pets. And each old trauma contributes to the anxiety of the present.
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After Banning Abortion: What Happens to Children and Families?
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A flurry of bills to ban abortion but no one talks about what will happen to these ‘saved’ unwanted infants. What if some parents are unable or unwilling to provide a safe, secure, loving, protected environment. As a long-time Child Protective Services social worker, I have stories to tell about how unplanned for, unwanted children…
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Traumatic Memory As It Relates To “Big Bad Brett Kavanaughty”
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With the telling of Christine Blasey Ford’s story of sexual assault by Brett Kavanaugh, around the world long-forgotten memories have been awakened. We explore here how traumatic memories are processed, filed and stored and what happens when they suddenly reappear without warning.