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This summer I spent time blogging about my experience at a " Green "

hotel, some mental illness blogs (helping people naturally from

emotional trauma, rash and fungus blog and allergies/chronic disease-

So, I invite you friends to check it out, if any topic interests you.

At my website below:

http://www.beyondnaturalmedicine.com/myblog.html

 

Warm and Alternative Healing Regards,

Aurore

 

Aurore Adamkiewicz, ND

www.beyondnaturalmedicine.com

 

 

 

, " falvarezhawaiikai "

<falvarezhawaiikai wrote:

>

> Does anyone have tips on how to recover from psychological or

> emotional trauma? I'm suffering from an abrupt separation with a

long-

> term significant other.

>

> ****

> What is psychological or emotional trauma?

>

> The ability to recognize emotional trauma has changed radically

over

> the course of history. Until recently psychological trauma was

noted

> only in men after catastrophic wars. The women's movement in the

> sixties broadened the definition of emotional trauma to include

> physically and sexually abused women and children. Now, because of

> the discoveries made in the nineties - known as the decade of the

> brain - psychological trauma has further broadened its definition.

>

> Recent research has revealed that emotional trauma can result from

> such common occurrences as an auto accident, the breakup of a

> significant relationship, a humiliating or deeply disappointing

> experience, the discovery of a life-threatening illness or

disabling

> condition, or other similar situations. Traumatizing events can

take

> a serious emotional toll on those involved, even if the event did

not

> cause physical damage.

>

> Regardless of its source, an emotional trauma contains three common

> elements:

>

> • it was unexpected;

> • the person was unprepared; and

> • there was nothing the person could do to prevent it from

happening.

>

> It is not the event that determines whether something is traumatic

to

> someone, but the individual's experience of the event. And it is

not

> predictable how a given person will react to a particular event.

For

> someone who is used to being in control of emotions and events, it

> may be surprising - even embarrassing - to discover that something

> like an accident or job loss can be so debilitating.

>

> ****

> What are the possible effects of emotional trauma?

>

> Even when unrecognized, emotional trauma can create lasting

> difficulties in an individual's life. One way to determine whether

an

> emotional or psychological trauma has occurred, perhaps even early

in

> life before language or conscious awareness were in place, is to

look

> at the kinds of recurring problems one might be experiencing. These

> can serve as clues to an earlier situation that caused a

> dysregulation in the structure or function of the brain.

>

> Common personal and behavioral effects of emotional trauma:

> • substance abuse

> • compulsive behavior patterns

> • self-destructive and impulsive behavior

> • uncontrollable reactive thoughts

> • inability to make healthy professional or lifestyle choices

> • dissociative symptoms ( " splitting off " parts of the self)

> • feelings of ineffectiveness, shame, despair, hopelessness

> • feeling permanently damaged

> • a loss of previously sustained beliefs

>

> Common effects of emotional trauma on interpersonal relationships:

> • inability to maintain close relationships or choose appropriate

> friends and mates

> • sexual problems

> • hostility

> • arguments with family members, employers or co-workers

> • social withdrawal

> • feeling constantly threatened

>