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Trauma

Turning Ghosts Into Ancestors

Joseph Bobrow | Posted 02.28.2012 | Impact
Joseph Bobrow

A ghost gradually becomes an ancestor, and traumatic experiences become memories, by a most human alchemy. The beloved community provides the inspiration, the spirit of support, so we can stop holding our breaths in traumatic reaction and anticipation, and finally exhale.

No, Really! Whatever Doesn't Kill You Makes You Stronger

Barbara & Shannon Kelley | Posted 04.18.2012 | Home
Barbara & Shannon Kelley

Which is worse: coming up against one of life's Epically Awful Moments only to find all of your friends spewing some tired old cliche, or attempting to comfort someone who's just endured an Epically Awful Moment of her own using the only thing you can come up with -- the same cliche?

Collapse of a World

Helen Davey | Posted 02.15.2012 | Business
Helen Davey

I'm struck by the similarity of the feelings of instability in the world now with how we Pan Am employees felt as our company began to fail.

War and (Inner) Peace -- Spirituality and the Road Home

Joseph Bobrow | Posted 02.08.2012 | Impact
Joseph Bobrow

Most people associate war zone trauma solely with PTSD, but the psychiatric syndrome, whatever the acronym we use for it, doesn't capture the depth and power of what keeps some veterans awake, eating at them from the inside for years.

Do Dogs Experience PTSD After Trauma?

David Katz, M.D. | Posted 02.08.2012 | Healthy Living
David Katz, M.D.

As a society, we understand the need for a splint when a bone is broken. When "all" that is broken is one's composure or spirit, we often expect you to just get over yourself.

A Primer for Classical Homeopathy: How to Make the Interview Easier and More Productive

Judith Acosta | Posted 02.06.2012 | Healthy Living
Judith Acosta

Part of what makes a homeopathic interview successful is the synergy between you, the patient, and your homeopath. There must be a give and take, a relationship of trust, and an open dialogue.

Sex, Education, and Abuse: Are We Failing Our Kids Miserably?

Barbara Greenberg | Posted 02.06.2012 | Parents
Barbara Greenberg

Simply telling your kids about good versus bad touches and then expecting them to come to you if they have been touched in the wrong places is not enough.

How to Bully-Proof Your Children by Building Their Resilience

Lisa Firestone | Posted 01.07.2012 | Parents
Lisa Firestone

With new data revealing that both bullies and victims are at higher risk for suicide, our eyes are opening to the fact that we're faced with a potentially life-threatening situation. So what can we do to protect our children against the painful effects of bullying?

Embracing Mystery

May Benatar, Ph.D., L.C.S.W. | Posted 12.19.2011 | DC
May Benatar, Ph.D., L.C.S.W.

Probably almost all of my readers can think of some example of "mystery" in their lives. If you can't perhaps its because you have too rapidly dismissed a phenomena that you could not explain.

The Survival Girls: Kenya, Refugee Youth, and Safe Space

Ming Holden | Posted 12.10.2011 | Impact
Ming Holden

Strife-ridden societies aren't furnished with peaceful town squares. I'm talking about my girls and me sitting in the dirty corner of a church, creating a temporary space from scratch with our presence.

How Not To Let Your Divorce Screw Up Your Kids

Eva M. Selhub, M.D. | Posted 11.20.2011 | Divorce
Eva M. Selhub, M.D.

If the statistics are true and one out of every two marriages ends in divorce, it can be inferred that within those marriages there are children who are the victims of the divorce.

The Trauma of 9/11: Of Spirit, Cell, Distance And Time

David Katz, M.D. | Posted 11.11.2011 | Healthy Living
David Katz, M.D.

We have yet to see the full toll of 9/11 among first responders, even 10 years out. All relevant resources should be made available to address the burden of illness shouldered by these brave souls who rushed toward the very thing most of us with just average courage would flee.

Why Remember?

John Thatamanil | Posted 11.11.2011 | Religion
John Thatamanil

We must recognize that the work of remembering is fraught, complicated, and even dangerous.

Baseball, Hope and the Children of 9/11

Laurie Nadel | Posted 11.08.2011 | New York
Laurie Nadel

No one was more surprised than I to discover that the keys to healing for these 30-plus adolescents and young adults would be found at Yankee and Shea Stadiums.

World, Affectivity, Trauma: A Book Review

Dennis Palumbo | Posted 11.06.2011 | Books
Dennis Palumbo

Stolorow has become, in my view and those of others, one of the country's pre-eminent thinkers on the subject of trauma. Hence, his recent book, World, Affectivity, Trauma: Heidegger and Post-Cartesian Psychoanalysis .

Some Hurts Are More Than Skin Deep

Serita Jakes | Posted 11.06.2011 | Religion
Serita Jakes

We often shy away from things that may help us because of what other people may think. You cannot continue to be tormented on the inside, so that you look perfect on the outside.

Did Jaycee Dugard "Do Survival Right"? Did I? Did You?

Jane Devin | Posted 10.29.2011 | Women
Jane Devin

When it comes to survival and recovery, not even the popular saying, "Don't judge a person until you've walked a mile in their shoes" goes far enough.

The Meaning and the Rhetoric of Evil: Auschwitz and Bin Laden

Robert D. Stolorow | Posted 08.27.2011 | World
Robert D. Stolorow

Is there an alternative to ideological illusion and the rhetoric of evil? Yes, there is. We must remember our common human vulnerabilities and bring them into a collective conversation within which our existential anxiety can be held and better borne.

EU Commissioner Reding: All EU Crime Victims Will Get Help -- In Their Own Language

Elisabeth Braw | Posted 07.27.2011 | World
Elisabeth Braw

"For too long our criminal systems have focused on the offenders, but the victims were nowhere to be found. Now, victims are no longer forgotten."

Art: Healing Us Through The Trauma Of War

Leila Levinson | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Leila Levinson

Si does not believe that his art has diminished his trauma. He believes it has sustained him, helped to keep him alive.

One Gun in the Wrong Hands, Six Innocent Lives Lost

Peter Rhee | Posted 05.28.2011 | Politics
Peter Rhee

Tucson is a peaceful place, not somewhere you expect to see many gunshot wounds. Fixing simple gaps in the law could mean the difference between a warzone and another beautiful day.

Helping Kids In Japan: A Guide On Trauma For Caregivers And Volunteers Working With Children

William Spear | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
William Spear

Governments and agencies too often rush to enter the third or Reconstruction Phase that follows a disaster of this magnitude without understanding the consequences of ignoring the deeply held emotional traumas of the local population.

Meeting The Need For Psychological First Aid In Japan

Lisa Firestone | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Lisa Firestone

The injuries experienced by the individuals of Japan require not only physical, but psychological, first aid that can help them through what may very well be the most traumatic event of their lives.

Trauma, Loss And Recovery: A 7-Step Approach

Mark Goulston, M.D. | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Mark Goulston, M.D.

The reason the Seven Steps to Recovery works is that in essence it reconnects the thinking, feeling and acting parts of your personality. More than that, it enables you to adapt to the reality of what is, as opposed what no longer is.

Are You Glued To The News From Japan?

Deborah King | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Deborah King

If you've been traumatized, either in person or by watching it on TV, what can you do to release the effects from your system?