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Child Trauma

Going Beyond Guns: More Questions About Newtown, CT, Massacre

Jane Ellen Stevens | Posted 03.11.2013 | Impact
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Jane Ellen Stevens

To get at the turning points in the years-long chain of events that led a young, isolated, desperate man to kill his mother, 20 six- and seven-year-old children, six adults and then himself, we need to ask more questions.

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Obesity, Repression, and Addiction

Judith Johnson | Posted 12.02.2012 | Healthy Living
Read More: Net, Neuro Emotional Technique, Childhood Trauma, Addiction, Judith Johnson, Addiction & Recovery, Recovery Addiction, Neuro-Emotional Technique, Recovering From Addiction, NET Technique, Trauma Childhood, Addiction Recovery, Child Trauma, Addiction & Recovery, Healthy Living News
Judith Johnson

I began working with NET for the sole purpose of finding out why I had been unable to remove and keep off my excess body weight. Essentially, what I found was that the repression of emotions is a survival mechanism held in place through addiction.

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Trauma and Adversity In Childhood: History Need Not Be Destiny

Lloyd I. Sederer, MD | Posted 04.28.2012 | Healthy Living
Read More: Childhood Trauma PTSD, Adverse Childhood Events, Childhood PTSD, Childhood Trauma Effects, Childhood Trauma, Mental Health, Aces, Early Childhood Trauma, Child Trauma, Healthy Living News
Lloyd I. Sederer, MD

The health of our youth, today and into their futures, can be protected. We can prevent the diseases and disabilities that result from childhood adversity and trauma.

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Have We Become Comfortably Numb to Violence and Abuse?

Michelle Renee | Posted 05.25.2011 | Impact
Read More: Abuse, Oprah, Parenting Magazine, OWN Network, War, Rock to Stop Violence, Violence, Michelle Renee, Violent Video Games, Parenting, Ptsd, Family Violence, Samhsa, Child Trauma, Impact News
Michelle Renee

We are bombarded with gruesome images day in and day out. From tweens on up, what we see in the media, in movies and on the Internet is making us numb to it all.

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Survivors Use Their Voice to Help Others Heal

Michelle Renee | Posted 05.25.2011 | Impact
Read More: Recovery, Abuse, Mental Health, Trauma, Emotional Wellness, Violence, Healing, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Mental Illness, Health and Wellness, Nctsn, National Alliance on Mental Illness, Emotional Health, Michelle Renee, Living, Mental Illness Advocacy, Ptsd, Child Trauma, Advocacy, Mental Illness Awareness Week, Impact News
Michelle Renee

In a family driven system of care, where the voices of survivors are heard, valued and shared with other survivors, we can listen, understand and stand by one another.

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