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Orthodox vs. Metaphysical vs. Mystical
Metaphysical Bible Study at Unity of the Westside The last session of the five session Metaphysical Bible Study at Unity of the Westside in Culver City is tomorrow, Wednesday April 17, 2024 at 5:30 pm. I have been to the first four sessions however I am doubting that I will attend the last one. The…
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13. EMDR
Eye Movement Desensitizing Reprocessing is part thirteen of my thirteen part commentary and synopsis of The Body Keeps the Score, Brain, Mind and Body in the Healing of Trauma by Bessel van der Kolk. 1. INTRODUCTION: Childhood Trauma Causes Addiction 2. 12 Steps & 12 Traditions: Damaging Emotional Conflicts 3. Trauma Damages Left Brain Speech…
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12. FINAL HEALING
Final healing is part twelve of my thirteen part commentary and synopsis of The Body Keeps the Score, Brain, Mind and Body in the Healing of Trauma by Bessel van der Kolk. 1. INTRODUCTION: Childhood Trauma Causes Addiction 2. 12 Steps & 12 Traditions: Damaging Emotional Conflicts 3. Trauma Damages Left Brain Speech 4. BIOFEEDBACK:…
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11. Lock Down Your Childhood Trauma
Lock down your childhood trauma is part eleven of my thirteen part commentary and synopsis of The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der Kolk. 1. INTRODUCTION: Childhood Trauma Causes Addiction 2. 12 Steps & 12 Traditions: Damaging Emotional Conflicts 3. Trauma Damages Left Brain Speech 4. BIOFEEDBACK: Meditative States of Consciousness 5. INTEROCEPTION:…
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10. Adaptations to Trauma
Adaptations to Trauma is part ten of my fourteen part commentary and synopsis The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der Kolk, and most of this post is a verbatim reprint thereof. Adaptations to trauma can be so severe that health-care providers and patients often believe that full recovery is beyond reach. I was…
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8 & 9. Alexithymia and EMDR
Here are parts eight and nine of my thirteen part commentary and synopsis of the master piece by Bessel van der Kolk. Much of this post is a verbatim reprint from The Body Keeps The Score. One in ten people have alexithymia, problems feeling and expressing emotions. The Greek word alexithymia means “no words for…
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7. Communication
Traumatic events are difficult to express. We need someone we can express our feelings to because communication is the opposite of trauma. Here is part seven of my commentary and synopsis of The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der Kolk. 1. INTRODUCTION: Childhood Trauma Causes Addiction 2. 12 Steps & 12 Traditions: Damaging…
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6. Healing Childhood Trauma
Practicing mindfulness calms down the localized reflexive nervous system so that we are less likely to be thrown into fight, flight, freeze, or fuck. What were you thinking right before you threw yourself into a dry drunk? What was going on inside your mind right before you acted out your emotional trauma?
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5. Emotional Perception
The scientific term for self-awareness is interoception. This is part five of my commentary and synopsis of The Body Keeps the Score, Brain, Mind and Body in the Healing of Trauma by Bessel van der Kolk. 1. INTRODUCTION: Childhood Trauma Causes Addiction 2. 12 Steps & 12 Traditions: Damaging Emotional Conflicts 3. Trauma Damages Left…
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4. Meditation
Theta brain waves indicate the meditative state of consciousness. Biofeedback and meditation is part four of my thirteen part of my commentary and synopsis of The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der Kolk. 1. INTRODUCTION: Childhood Trauma Causes Addiction 2. 12 Steps & 12 Traditions: Damaging Emotional Conflicts 3. Trauma Damages Left Brain…
