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Listen less to the “noise” that does not serve you, pay more attention to internal and external guidance that does benefit you. -Dr. Parysa
We can learn from nature during the Spring Season… it is an opportunity for new light, new hope, new changes, and re-birth. -Dr. Parysa
How do you know when, how, or if you have the right balance of self-care? -Dr. Parysa
Per APA & National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH): Clients should be stabilized in their emotional regulation and safety before fully processing their trauma. Such
Reframe some stressors as being neutral, so we can take that pressure off of ourselves by depersonalizing it to reduce our anxiety. -Dr. Parysa
Factors reducing mental productivity > too many emails, too much info to absorb, massive demands from others, too long a to-do list, constant interruptions, no
VA PTSD Program webinar: Identify Passive Avoidance vs Active Avoidance of trauma. Client also stays trapped when they criticize themselves of their trauma.
During winter months, be mindful of the timing of sunrises and sunsets, with goal of trying to maximize your sun exposure and artificial light exposure
VA PTSD program webinar: Content of nightmares can have an awakening effect, be more intense, and more vivid vs a bad dream is more stress/anxiety
VA PTSD program webinar, statistics on nightmares: General population 5%, trauma-exposed Civilians 30%, trauma-exposed Veterans 50%, Active-Duty & National Guard 30%-40%, Active-Duty Military Personnel w/