Sentences with phrase «about traumatic experiences»

Presenters Rosanna Arquette and Marisa Tomei honored people who have spoken out about traumatic experiences and sexual harassment.

University employees who utilized expressive writing to write about traumatic experiences had a 28.6 percent decrease in absentee rates that month from work, compared to the 48.5 percent increase in absentee rates among employees who wrote about nontraumatic topics.

Those assigned to write about traumatic experiences mounted a greater vaccine response by producing more antibodies.

WET involves five trauma - focused sessions in which individuals are asked to write about their traumatic experiences followed by scripted instruction, while CPT is a 12 - session program in which patients are taught to recognize and challenge dysfunctional cognitions about their traumatic event and current thoughts about themselves, others and the world around them.

Together, Anda and Felitti surveyed a group of more than 17,000 Kaiser patients in Southern California — mostly white, middle - aged, and well - educated — about traumatic experiences they had undergone in childhood.

EMDR involves thinking about the traumatic experience while experiencing a stimulus engaging both sides of your perception.

The thriller, which has already been optioned by Reese Witherspoon for an upcoming Warner Bros. movie, poses a question: What if you could take a drug that would make you forget about a traumatic experience?

Sure, the dogs were not killed, but what about the traumatic experience for the dogs and their families?

The treatment — based on learning and cognitive theories — addresses distorted beliefs and attributions related to the abuse and provides a supportive environment in which children are encouraged to talk about their traumatic experience.

Not exact matches

I've also had the chance to learn from some of them about how to turn a negative traumatic experience — for example, being severely wounded in combat — into a springboard for positive growth.

A paper published a year ago in the Journal of Psychiatric Research found elevated levels of c - reactive protein, a blood - based marker of inflammation (which I wrote about two weeks ago) in survivors of the World Trade Center attack; the more traumatic the experience, the higher the CRP.

I've had a couple of traumatic, triggering experiences this week which have had me thinking again about just how much I struggle against institutions, so - called authority figures, and what I perceive to be (or are) obnoxious agents trying to exert «control» over my freedom of expression and thought and behaviors.

Intrusion is about reliving the traumatic experience in different ways, for example by having recurring thoughts about the abortion or aborted child, or having flashbacks, nightmares or intensely depressive reactions around the time of significant anniversaries.

It's about recognizing the unfortunately universal human experience of losing a loved one... and feeling sympathy / empathy for someone — regardless of whether there is a personal, real life connection to that person — who is going through one of the most traumatic experiences in life.

I experienced a traumatic birth with my first child, and was able to use what I knew about how to heal from trauma to help myself through.

This can include talking about it, although sometimes women may go through a stage of talking of their traumatic experience a lot so that it obsesses them at times.

The term «birth trauma» specifically refers to adverse experiences one has during birth, but any traumatic events that take place between conception and about the age of three have particular significance in shaping an individual's life.

So, as a result, so many people just don't know about traumatic birth, or how to help someone who has experienced one.

Amen about the traumatic element of birth - and the full spectrum of human experience.

I just wondered what you thought about a woman's right to a positive birth experience, especially when — correct me if I'm wrong — women who have traumatic experiences have higher rates of post natal depression?

According to Blumenfeld, any mother who has experienced a traumatic birth should seek help from a licensed professional therapist and / or a support group — talking about your experience and feeling less alone is integral to the healing process.

In this post, I will discuss risk factors that may arise during labor that are associated with a negative or traumatic birth experience, and also describe specific intrapartum words or actions that are designed to reduce the trauma and prevent PTSD from developing.What you need to know about the childbearing woman:

He is very passionate about providing comprehensive obstetric care (along with his multidisciplinary team) for women (during pregnancy, childbirth and the immediate postpartum period) with all kinds of perinatal mental illnesses, previous traumatic birth experiences, bereavement and complex social issues.

You may not think that comparable to your experience since there is no lasting damage from a cath but it was traumatic and I was incensed about it for some time afterwards!

While I agree that one person can't define what is traumatic for another, it's pretty irritating to read posts from women who had normal, healthy births without permanent damage to themselves or their babies complain about not getting the birth experience they wanted.

You simply can not expect those of us who have experienced true birth trauma - and continue to experience it every day because we are in chronic pain due to our injuries or because we are now unable to have more children or because something happened to our babies during delivery - to even attempt to be supportive of women complain about a traumatic birth even though they can go on their merry way, totally healthy with totally healthy babies.

I am so sorry to hear about your experience @genas and geez you were so young too, that must have been so scary and traumatic for you.

While it is possible for a child to become mute after a traumatic experience, usually the child avoids talking about aspects of the trauma itself, rather than becoming completely silent.

Parents who've experienced a traumatic birth are often apprehensive about a next pregnancy and birth.

After sounding defiant in his first round with reporters just now, embattled Rep. Charles Rangel sounded sad and seemed downcast and somewhat gaslit as he talked about how «traumatic» he had found the experience.

Mothers who have experienced childhood abuse, neglect or other traumatic experiences show an unwillingness to talk with their children about the child's emotional experiences, a new study from the University of Notre Dame shows.

It may be that patients who describe their situation both from their own viewpoint and from the perspective of others recover more quickly from traumatic experiences — a variation on the already well - established idea that writing about negative experiences is therapeutic.

About half met criteria for psychosis, major depressive disorder and alcohol or substance abuse, and nearly half had experienced traumatic brain injury.

The storytelling includes talking about and processing other stigmatizing and traumatic experiences in a group setting with the support of other women.

More broadly, research that psychologist George A. Bonanno of Columbia University and his colleagues reviewed in 2011 suggests that only about 5 to 10 percent of people typically develop PTSD after experiencing traumatic life events.

McGaugh talks about two recent studies that involved giving beta - blockers to people who had recently suffered a traumatic event, studies that built on McGaugh's own research: «Say you have a traumatic experience.

A study by psychologists at the University of Liverpool has found that traumatic life events are the biggest cause of anxiety and depression, but how a person thinks about these events determines the level of stress they experience.

«That's why it's easier to remember things you care about, be they good or bad; but it's also the reason that memories of traumatic experiences are often extremely long - lasting, predisposing people to PTSD.»

Exposure may include directly experiencing the trauma, witnessing the trauma in person, learning about a traumatic event happening to a loved one, or «first - hand repeated or extreme exposure to aversive details» of a traumatic event.

Since the accident, the Woodruffs have become national advocates for mental health awareness and have spoken openly about their family's experiences with post-traumatic stress disorder, traumatic brain injury, depression and anxiety.

Some people seem to open up to it through traumatic experiences, as people describe when they've come near death or at another moment when they touch something much deeper than the usual way they thought about things.

Research has shown that participants who wrote about their personal traumatic experiences benefited from improved health, fewer stress - related trips to the doctor, reduced stress levels, and improved mood.

In another study, 40 medical students who tested negative for hepatitis B antibodies were randomly assigned to write about either their traumatic experiences or a neutral topic, and then were given a hepatitis B vaccine.

However, about 7 years ago I had a very traumatic experience and ever since then i feel like I am just weak and getting weaker by the day.

I suppose that this is a «trigger warning» in a way, so clearly I am not opposed to warnings about actions that might be experienced as traumatic or invasive.

But this is to mention something about the post traumatic stress you and Everett are experiencing and to share with anyone else who has struggled.

I haven't written much about it because it was the most painful and traumatic thing I've ever had to experience, and even typing this is making my eyes fill with tears.

But maybe it shouldn't be just men telling stories about one of the most traumatic experiences a woman can have.

This is a messy and ambitious effort about the traumatic sexual experiences Fox had when she was just 13 - years - old, raped by a man she thought she was in love with.

A film about the great lengths a person will go to after experiencing traumatic events, Jordan's search for closure and loss of confidence in her job is beautifully acted by Berry.