Tag: Recovery

  • Change of Heart

    Change of Heart

    LegalNoodle Has Had A Change Of Heart The featured image of the heart on this post was created by AI but the text was written by a human. After some technical difficulties the old Legalnoodle.com website now forwards to this CulverWestLA.com website. This is because LegalNoodle has had a change of heart. I wrote a…

  • 13. EMDR

    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…

  • 12. FINAL HEALING

    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:…

  • 11. Lock Down Your Childhood Trauma

    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:…

  • 10. Adaptations to Trauma

    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…

  • 8 & 9. Alexithymia and EMDR

    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…

  • 7. Communication

    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…

  • 6. Healing Childhood Trauma

    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?

  • 5. Emotional Perception

    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…

  • 4. Meditation

    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…

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