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Have you ever felt bad about yourself and wound up drinking too much or bingeing on something like food, porn, or something equally unhealthy? If that bad feeling is the often overlooked feeling of shame, then you’ve found something that lies at the heart of many people’s addictions.
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If you have lost a pet in the near or recent past, you may have noticed how much it affected you. You may have also told yourself, he/she was just a pet. This can be a big mistake, especially if you get as attached to your pet as many pet owners do. Read on to find out why.
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If you have experienced a traumatic event and worry about how you will get over it, you are like millions of others in the same group. The tendency to relive horrific events and consequently avoid reminders of them is a hallmark of PTSD, but only an effective trauma therapy like Image Transformation Therapy (ImTT) can identify what makes them so complex and confounding.
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Ever find yourself remembering troubling events so vividly, you feel like you’re reliving them? Do you tend to also work strenuously to avoid being reminded of certain things that have happened to you so as not to be triggered by them. Feel numb emotionally much of the time as well? If this sounds like you, then you have some telltale signs of PTSD.
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Do you find yourself constantly being on edge no matter how much you get done? Do you get keyed up for no apparent reason and have trouble relaxing? Do you tend to worry about the next shoe dropping and find yourself planning for the worst-case scenario? If this sounds like you, then you need to keep reading.
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Do you ever feel like you live a double-life? Do you often feel like you show one face to the world and another that you actually experience? Does this tend to happen in your romantic or sexual relationships, in particular? If this describes you, you probably suffer from duplicity as a symptom of addictive or compulsive sexual behavior.
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Do you notice other people becoming frustrated at you often? Do you find yourself tending to drag your feet when it comes to doing what your spouse or other family members ask you to do? Do you tend to procrastinate as well, and sometimes feel like you’re being cheated or underappreciated? If so, you’re probably suffering from passive aggressive behavior.
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If you have been paying attention to the protests about racial equality over the past few months, you probably know about the toll that racism has played in our national and world history. It has created with it a tremendous amount of trauma and the book How to be an Antiracist, by Ibram Kendi has helped identify a big chunk of the solution to this collective trauma. I review this book in the space that follows.
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Do you notice how things are different these days since Covid-19 hit? Do you feel more on edge or easily overwhelmed by things? Do you notice yourself getting irritable or upset more often, or even getting downright sad and lonely about how things are right now? These are all aspects of the grief over the long-term changes caused by the pandemic and accompanying economic collapse and social unrest.
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The health crisis we are in is only adding to the need to start the process of online therapy. With so many people sick and dying, it is adding to the psychological distress everyone is having to deal with.
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If you think the only thing you need to do to have sexual health is to be protected from STI’s, you’ve been out of the loop for way too long. Not only are we in the middle of the biggest pandemic in over 100 years, but we have moved away from a concept of sexual health as being just about protection from STI’s and unwanted pregnancy.
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Do you find yourself putting things off for some unexplained reason? Do you sit for hours and hours avoiding doing something you know you have to do? Ever wonder why this is so? The reason lies in what you’re afraid of, and way out is easier than you would imagine. Regardless, you are stuck in procrastination.
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If you are a living, breathing, human being right now you have seen how much rage there is out in the world right now. If you’ve heard the chants “I can’t breathe” and feel the gravity of them, you have a sense of the gist of our current societal struggle, both against a virus and against the injustices we are all grappling with right now. If you are a fan of the series ‘Little Fires Everywhere,’ you will also appreciate the rest of this piece.
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Do you have a problem with porn use or other sexual behaviors and wonder what caused them? The answer may lie as far back as the crib, because depending on whether you have attachment issues or not, you may be at a greater risk of sexual compulsion than not.
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If you ever wondered about whether people in hate groups have trauma in their past, you need look no further for proof of this than by reading Christian Picciolini’s book Breaking Hate. It is a wide-ranging exploration of how those in domestic and international terror groups either have trauma going into these movements, or they have them while in these groups, or both. It also discusses how people get out of these groups, which is similar to recovery from addictions.
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I recently had the pleasure of listening to a couple of Brene Brown’s new podcast episodes. Her new series Unlocking Us is something everyone who is affected by our current circumstances needs to listen to.
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If anyone needed an excuse to isolate, Coronavirus provide the perfect reason. If you suffer from compulsive or addictive sexual behavior, it can be a double-edged sword. You may wonder about whether you can see partners during this time, or if Coronavirus is like HIV in any way. I’ll answer these questions and more, so please read on!
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Are you about to climb the walls because of cabin fever due to social distancing? Do you wonder how long social distancing will be the rule in our culture? Do you wonder how it will affect your relationships? Your mental health? Keep reading, because I will answer all of these questions in my blog today.
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Have you suffered from childhood trauma and wondered why life seems so hard, especially compared to others in your life? Do you wonder why you have such a tendency to overdo it with alcohol or other drugs? The answer lies in your ACES (Adverse Childhood Experiences Score), but before you rush to find out what it is you should learn more about it and how it can affect all kinds of health conditions up and down the line.
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Struggling with our current national and world situation and not sure how to deal with it? Had a fight with your relationship partner and don’t know how to cope with the pain of feeling wounded and misunderstood? If you’ve ever been tempted to self-medicate with substances or compulsive behaviors, you can try a new form of emotion-focused coping instead. Read on…
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