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Barbara's Tchatzkahs | December 6th 2009 by Barbara
The Body's Ways to Express Traumatic Memories & Feelings That Can Find No Other OutletI am totally disabled (though I often look fine) and the crash is always inevitable. My M.S. is in flare after every activity and all the overlapping syndrome read more
Positive Psychology to Combat PTSD?
Grief Healing | December 4th 2009 by Marty Tousley
In her usual direct and forthright manner, psychotherapist and guided imagery expert Belleruth Naparstek seriously questions the decision of the Department of Defense to introduce Positive Psychology to our active military in Iraq and Afghanistan, in read more
We ‘Support’ the Troops by Burdening Them More
luckyrooster | December 4th 2009 by David
From Truthdig By T.L. Caswell For a few paragraphs, simple labels will do: Soldier No. 1 and Soldier No. 2. Besides serving in the wartime military, they didn’t appear at first glance to have been much alike. They were born in dramatically dispa read more
Black Snake Moan: By Craig Brewer; Life Imitating Art Imitating L…
Blogger News Network | December 2nd 2009
In my previous article I introduced myself, told a little about what I am trying to do, and my goals for this series. The Movie, Black Snake Moan by Director Craig Brewer, is a pulls-no-punches look into the life of abuse survivors, their problem read more
Military experiment seeks to predict PTSD
untreatable | December 2nd 2009 by untreatable
Two days before shipping off to war, Marine Pfc. Jesse Sheets sat inside a trailer in the Mojave Desert, his gaze fixed on a computer that flashed a rhythmic pulse of contrasting images.Smiling kids embracing a soldier. A dog sniffing blood oozing f read more
Why Healthy Boundaries are Important in Relationships
Kellevision | December 2nd 2009
Therapists talk a lot about boundaries, but we're not always clear what we mean by "boundaries", why they are important to an individual's mental health, or why they are important for healthy relationships. Boundaries - What are they? Boun read more
Post Soldier Therapy
Simply Peachy | December 2nd 2009 by Amber Austen
This is the day I was afraid of, when I saw my ambitious, strong, motivated, life giving husband off to Iraq in ‘03. This is the day I dreaded and cried for even at that goodbye moment, because I knew it was the last time I would know him as he read more
He Said She Said
Simply Peachy | December 2nd 2009 by Amber Austen
Me: “what have you done for me, our relationship lately anyway?” Him: “nothing. I can’t take you to a nice restaurant, etc but it’ll be different later” Me: ( in my thoughts, thinking he totally missed the point )& read more
Radioactive Girl
Woodstock Lily | December 1st 2009 by Lille Diane
Tomorrow morning is my Cat Scan to see what lies beneath......I'm just grateful it's not my head they're scanning! But all this has me thinking.... I wonder if there's sugar in Milk of Magnesia... I'm having sugahhhhhhhhhhh withdrawals. LOLKeep me in read more
Maybe She Knew
The People Behind My Eyes | November 29th 2009 by Austin
I’ve repeatedly said that my sister hated me and that my mother kept us apart but I thought of something the other day. What if she knew how I really felt about her? What if she knew despite all I did to help out that I resented the fact that s read more
In South Carolina, veterans who fought for your 'freedom' have no…
Everyday Citizen | November 29th 2009 by Everyday Citizen
A sad story today was published in The Sun News about a veteran who took his life because he was denied health care. read more
Technorati Articles on the Military Mental Health Crisis
Advanced Help With Alcoholism, Addiction, and Recovery | November 29th 2009
I recently published 2 articles in Technorati: Assault at Fort Hood: A Symbol of the Military’s Mental Health Crisis -Technorati, November 19, 2009 A Psychiatrist’s Perspective: The Assault at Fort Hood and the Military’s Mental Health Crisis - read more
White House policy: No letter to families of military suicides -…
kath.A.rine | November 28th 2009
White House policy: No letter to families of military suicides - CNN.com: Gregg Keesling chooses his... read more
Serenity…
Improvise, Adapt, and Overcome | November 28th 2009 by Eric
Okay Dave, I got the hint brother. Indeed it is past time for some scribblings… First off, I am doing a lot better. A couple of weeks now removed from the hospital and well into my outpatient therapy. Thank God none of that involves any IV̵ read more
Traumatic Brain Injury and Suicide Part 2
Second Chance to Live | November 28th 2009 by Craig J. Phillips MRC, BA
Please read Part 1 and don’t give up on yourself or your process. Thank you. So if you are going through a difficult time, a time of confusion with feelings of helplessness, please do not give up on yourself, on your process and or on a loving read more
Helping Veterans with PTSD
American Cold War Veterans, Inc: Blog Jerry T | November 28th 2009 by Jerald Terwilliger
From West Roxbury Masshttp://www.wickedlocal.com/west-roxbury/news/x1792908722/Helping-our-veterans-with-post-traumatic-stress-disorderWest Roxbury -From the Civil War to the Vietnam War, it has been called nostalgia, shell shock, soldier’s heart a read more
Traumatic Brain Injury — Stress, Anxiety and Thanksgiving, Chri…
Second Chance to Live | November 27th 2009 by Craig J. Phillips MRC, BA
Please read Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3 for context. Thank you. Family system roles — assigned and designed to contain unresolved conflict and family secrets — add stress and anxiety to family interactions. This stress seems to be exacerbat read more
The Burden of Childhood Sexual Abuse
Dr. Kathleen Young: Treating Trauma in Chicago | November 27th 2009 by Dr. Kathleen Young
"Sexual abuse can be a heavy burden for a child." video The Burden by Caso Do Menor read more
Message from Bob Calvert (TYFYS) 2009
European Center of Military History | November 27th 2009 by Gunter G. Gillot Jr
The December issue of www.thankyouforyourservice.us is now LIVE. There are many stories from Afghanistan and Iraq, news from military families and military support groups, fund raising for support groups and much more. More stories will be added as t read more
Survey shows big increase in PTSD in U.S. veterans
Mental Health Update | November 27th 2009 by John Gale
Levels of mental-health problems among former U.S. servicemen have increased dramatically since the U.S. invasion of Iraq. Researchers from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and the University of California, San Francisco found that rates of po read more
You Make a Difference in My Life — Thank you!
Second Chance to Live | November 26th 2009 by Craig J. Phillips MRC, BA
Hello and welcome back to Second Chance to Live. I am happy to see that you decided to stop by to visit with me. Today is Thanksgiving and I wanted to thank you for being a part of my journey. I am honored by your presence. Thank you for being who yo read more
I Don't Know You Anymore Part 2
Take Root and Write | November 25th 2009 by Noelle Mena
In the previous article on Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), I gave you a glimpse into the lives of a military couple and a soldier who were dealing with war related PTSD. You can read the first part here. Suicide related deaths in the military read more
Watercolor and Oil
The People Behind My Eyes | November 25th 2009 by Austin
This is from the dream about my sister and the rapper guy who turned into a girl. I say the dream was about my sister because one of the things that stuck out for me was that I felt she again failed to act to protect herself or me. She wasn’t t read more
Why am I so messed up?
Eating Disorders | November 25th 2009
Anna asked: I don’t know where to start. I have so many issues. I have/had anorexia, bulimia, and binge eating disorder. I have absolutely no self-confidence, all I can wear is sweatshirts with my hair down to cover up how hideous I am. I read more
Acupuncture
The People Behind My Eyes | November 25th 2009 by Austin
…….I’ve considered it, strongly considered it. Despite the huge triggers due to past abuses I’ve been talking to my doctor about using acupuncture for the Fibromyalgia and the Lupus. I wonder how helpful it’ll be if they read more
Keeping Faith in the Cookie Jar.
Catatonic Kid: A Mind Boiling Over | November 25th 2009 by Catatonic Kid
My one, silent rebellion was prayer. In Oz it’s rude to talk about spirituality/religion much, certainly not the private kind so I really have no way of reading how ok you’d all be about the mention of it? (not that I mind being rude, you read more
Movie Review: Black Snake Moan; by Craig Brewer: Life Imitating A…
Blogger News Network | November 25th 2009
Welcome to my first blog article. Since this is my first article I wanted to mention who I am, what I am about, and how I came to be here at Blogger News Network. I am an adult survivor of chronic childhood abuses. I have spent the past 15+ years l read more
TFT Aids Man in Coma from Severe Beating
TFT Trauma Relief | November 24th 2009 by Mary Cowley
TFT trainer and retired fireman Bruce Ramsay describes how a doctor attributed a 60% reduction in seizures experienced by traumatized man in a coma to the TFT trauma relief technique: read more
10 Ways to Help an "ADHD" Child - Without Medication
Kellevision | November 23rd 2009
Many children with whom I work I have been labeled "ADHD" and placed on medications in an attempt to control their "acting out" or their "meltdowns" or their "behavior problems" at school. Medications for ADHD can have serious side effects read more
Dennis Kyne: Depleted Uranium (DU) and Very Sick Soldiers and the…
Dandelion Salad | November 23rd 2009
Dandelion Salad Warning Extremely graphic photos towards the end of this video (43 minutes in). To be viewed by a mature audience only. talkingsticktv November 22, 2009 Interview with Dennis Kyne, 15-year U.S. Army Veteran serving in Operation Dese read more
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