Watch “I AM BORDERLINE: Self-Regulation Project *Award winning short film (Possible Trigger)” on YouTube

http://www.silverlakepsych.com/ourblog/2017/3/10/i-am-borderline-self-regulation-project This award winning, and powerful short film aims to reduce stigma about borderline personality disorder through spreading awareness. It was made for the Self-Regulation Project, whose mission is to create personal growth through increasing emotion regulation skills and self-understanding. It beautifully illustrates many of the daily struggles and triggers for those living with this diagnosis….

Watch “3 Strengths of Introverts vs. Extroverts” on YouTube

Watch “3 Strengths of Introverts vs. Extroverts” on YouTube

If you’re an introvert, you value interpersonal connections as much as anyone, but there’s one thing that sets you apart: you’re not afraid to be independent. https://www.beliefnet.com/inspiration/the-7-greatest-strengths-of-an-introvert.aspx Introverts enjoy taking me-time. This solitude, in fact, is how they regain their energy after a hard day’s socializing. This doesn’t necessarily mean that they don’t like to…

Inner self sexual abuse

PTSD : Depersonalization disorder

https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/depersonalization-derealization-disorder/symptoms-causes/syc-20352911 Depersonalization-derealization disorder occurs when you persistently or repeatedly have the feeling that you’re observing yourself from outside your body or you have a sense that things around you aren’t real, or both. Feelings of depersonalization and derealization can be very disturbing and may feel like you’re living in a dream. Many people have a…

PTSD : Compulsive Gambling

PTSD : Compulsive Gambling

https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/compulsive-gambling/symptoms-causes/syc-20355178 Although most people who play cards or wager never develop a gambling problem, certain factors are more often associated with compulsive gambling: Mental health disorders. People who gamble compulsively often have substance abuse problems, personality disorders, depression or anxiety. Compulsive gambling may also be associated with bipolar disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) or attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)….

Sexual abuse victms 3x more likely to be binge eaters

Sexual abuse victms 3x more likely to be binge eaters

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/01/190111095130.htm “In Australia almost half of all adults have experienced bullying and 10% have experienced some form of sexual abuse, and these experiences have had long-term effects on harmful behaviours, depression and quality of life,” says Dr David Gonzalez-Chica from the University of Adelaide’s Medical School. While 60-70% of these forms of abuse occurred in…

Selective mutism

https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/selective-mutism/ Many children become too distressed to speak when separated from their parents and transfer this anxiety to the adults who try to settle them. If they have a speech and language disorder or hearing problem, it can make speaking even more stressful. Some children have trouble processing sensory information such as loud noise and jostling…

Understanding Traumatic Stress vs Anxiety

Understanding Traumatic Stress vs Anxiety

https://www.anxiety.org/understanding-traumatic-stress#:~:text=Trauma%20is%20a%20specific%20type%20of%20stress%20that,problems%2C%20to%20new%20life%20changes%2C%20to%20internal%20experiences. Trauma is a specific type of stress that reflects exposure to terrible events generally outside the range of daily human experience that are emotionally painful, intense, and distressing. According to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th edition2, there are specific criteria for what qualifies as a traumatic event: “Exposure to actual or threatened…

Myth : Psychotherapy is mostly just talk.

Myth : Psychotherapy is mostly just talk.

Therapy isn’t passive. Scenes in novels and TV shows where therapists just listen to clients vent, nod their heads in approval, and mirror back the same words are stereotypes. Are those cases in fiction where therapists interpret clients’ experiences for them instead of eliciting a client’s own interpretations. With today’s cutting-edge therapies, clinicians are trained…

Anxiety: Body dysmorphic disorder

Anxiety: Body dysmorphic disorder

https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/body-dysmorphic-disorder/symptoms-causes/syc-20353938 Body dysmorphic disorder is a mental health disorder in which you can’t stop thinking about one or more perceived defects or flaws in your appearance — a flaw that appears minor or can’t be seen by others. But you may feel so embarrassed, ashamed and anxious that you may avoid many social situations. When…

Access to literacy support will help reduce barriers for survivors

Access to literacy support will help reduce barriers for survivors

https://www.abuseincare.org.nz/news/survivors-with-low-literacy-skills-can-now-access-support-to-share-their-experiences-of-abuse-with-t/ NZ Howard League Chief Executive Mike Williams said NZ Howard League is proud to support people in prison who wish to make submissions to the Royal Commission into Abuse in Care. “Many of the people we work with in the criminal justice system endured traumatic experiences as children and young people and were victims…