I was devastated to learn that I had inflicted lasting pain on another person
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/men-sexual-abuse-apology_us_5bb789ace4b0876eda9dd810 We discussed how it is common for offenders of abuse to be entirely unaware of the weight of their actions. What may seem like harmless and playful behavior can easily be perceived differently by others and can cause serious damage. We also discussed how cultural influences such as movies, music and peer pressure can…
Trauma can result in anxiety, depression, borderline personality disorder
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/07/12/children-and-ptsd-health-risks-lurk-long-after-psychological-trauma.html Researchers have long concluded that exposure to trauma can result in severe mental illnesses such as anxiety, depression, borderline personality disorder, schizophrenia and PTSD. Furthermore, mental health experts have concluded that individuals who have experienced trauma during their childhood — including physical, sexual or emotional abuse, neglect, natural disasters or divorce — are more…
Staying in control reduces impact of trauma on mortality
https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/media-spotlight/201802/staying-in-control-can-help-you-live-longer When looking at the role that perceived control played in mortality, results showed that the impact of trauma was much less for people reporting high levels of mastery (belief in one’s ability to achieve a goal). As well, participants reporting higher levels of perceived constraints (belief in external forces beyond one’s control) were also…
#Target #Sexual #Trauma #App
Department Of Defense Targets Sexual Trauma With New App https://t.co/4xZyZlnxUR via @KPBSnews — Better Blokes (@BetterBlokesNZ) July 1, 2017 Building Hope & Resiliency: Addressing the Effects of Sexual Assault is a self-guided, online, educational program that seeks to help you begin to recover, heal and build resiliency after a sexual assault. Recognizing the impact that…
OCD is far from just a personality quirk
Busting the myths about #OCD with the SANE Help Centre. #mentalhealth #mentalillness #Mythbuster https://t.co/VtGMBV44Yt — SANE Australia (@SANEAustralia) February 22, 2017 While obsessions and compulsions about orderliness and cleanliness are common in OCD, there are many other ways people can experience OCD, and the reason is more consequential than just liking things neat and tidy.People…
Strong link between trauma in women and stroke or heart attack
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/jan/06/jill-saward-ealing-vicarage-rape-sexual-violence Three masked men had subjected Saward’s father and boyfriend to a vicious beating. Two of them repeatedly raped the vicar’s daughter. The judge in the trial, considering Jill’s trauma to have been “not so great”, sentenced the two rapists to five years’ imprisonment and the man who had indulged himself in plain, unvarnished nonsexual…
Trauma and Dissociation
#ptsd https://t.co/97Du7rwECe Daun — TraumaDissociation (@TraumaDID) December 30, 2016 Danny’s visible, outward behavior starts with a internal ‘trigger’. It’s unseen to us, but it’s a powerful sensation and an overwhelming force engraved in Danny’s life. .Danny’s developmental trauma memories relate to his mom. Her dangerous, illegal street-activities, her punishment of him with extended, icy-cold showers,…
Trump’s success triggers abuse survivors
https://www.fastcompany.com/3065429/election-2016/for-sexual-assault-survivors-the-trauma-wont-end-on-election-day Before election season kicked into high gear, I would typically find between five to eight visitors waiting in the queue when I began my shifts. Lately, it’s not unusual to see queues of 15 women or more—women who are willing to wait an hour or longer for someone to talk to, someone to tell…