What is Complicated Grief Disorder and Why Do We Experience It? When we experience a traumatic event, be it a death of a loved one, witnessing a horrifying event, losing a job or our home, going through a divorce, or any kind of abuse, we inevitably develop coping mechanisms (these can also be viewed as […]
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There is this underlying sentiment that operators in the military, medicine, and law enforcement must give up their whole being–life and soul–for service. One of the first steps in how to deal with PTSD is refuting the assumption that you are either a survivor or a victim. Instead, how about appreciating the extraordinariness of your
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What is Culturally Sensitive Therapy? As the psychology field developed over time, it was structured through a one-dimensional cultural lens of the predominantly white and aristocratic Western society. Because of its narrow scope, when people of a different cultural background, beliefs, experiences, and outward appearance tried to heal through this paradigm, there were a lot
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What is PTSD and Why Does it Occur? Post-traumatic stress disorder is a name given to complex symptoms experienced because of a traumatizing event. Our body mobilizes various survival mechanisms such as the autonomic nervous system’s fight-or-flight response, repression, dissociation, self-harm, memory loss, and building up walls to help us cope with difficult life events.
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Many people fail to realize the potential benefits of meditation for depression and other anxiety-related ailments. Precisely, meditation exercises can help alleviate grief and anxiety through deep breathing, concentration, the vibration of sounds, and calming effects created in the body through relaxation. The most basic and straightforward meditation exercise is breathwork. Breathwork enables individuals to
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Pregnancy is a beautiful thing. The joys of an expecting mother are hard to rival. But along with a protruding stomach, pregnancy comes with a not-so-pleasant side. Sadly, some of the corresponding discomforts can take a significant toll on the pregnant woman’s quality of life. It is not uncommon to find pregnant women struggling
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Anxiety can be a debilitating condition that can impact the way we feel about ourselves and how we show up in the world. It is a state of being that has many possible sources including physical and emotional trauma. Fortunately, there are many natural and holistic ways to help alleviate and treat anxiety including the
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Life brings unexpected challenges and events, which shake us up so deeply that our body, mind, and spirit activate different survival mechanisms to alleviate our suffering. We become numb or we even “erase” events from our consciousness so that we can continue living our life as peacefully as possible. The trouble is that trauma is
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CBD (cannabidiol) is a chemical compound derived from the cannabis plant. The cannabis plant contains more than 100 different chemical compounds other than cannabidiol. Across the years, CBD has been finding diverse applications, commonly consumed in the form of gummies (or edibles) or as CBD oils. In contrast to the delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) chiefly contained in
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It is not surprising that CBD oil, anxiety, and stress are some of the most searched for topics on the internet. As a non-psychoactive compound, CBD (cannabidiol) is one of 540 cannabinoids extracted from the Sativa strain of the cannabis plant. Indeed, this compound has the potential to alleviate anxiety and other mental health conditions.
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