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Tag Archives: trauma
Go Easy on Easygoing Folks
There is a disturbing tendency to treat laidback folks badly because they won’t make a scene or act upset. It’s common to pressure them to give up something they want, always put others before themselves, or make last minute changes … Continue reading
Posted in Communication, Getting Along with Each Other, Inspirational People, Life Hacks, Personal Freedom, Self-Improvement
Tagged boundaries, dog, fawning, Go Easy on Easygoing Folks, Sawyer, trauma, trauma responses
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Incentives vs Healing
There are plenty of proposed solutions for the many problems plaguing the world. From what I’ve seen, they broadly fall into one of two categories, which I’ll call the incentives approach and the healing approach. The incentives approach uses a … Continue reading
Posted in Communication, Getting Along with Each Other, Great Books, Inspirational People, Life Hacks, Personal Freedom, Self-Improvement
Tagged anger, David Hawkins, dog, emotions, Fear, fighting, grief, healing, incentives, Incentives vs Healing, Letting Go, MDMA, MDMA therapy, pain, peace, psychedelic therapy, psychedelics, punishment, reward, Sawyer, trauma
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Ella Enchanted, Fawning, and Boundaries
Many years ago, I saw parts of a movie called Ella Enchanted (some spoilers to follow). It follows a woman named Ella who was cursed as a baby to be obedient to a fault. She does whatever anyone tells her … Continue reading
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Tagged boundaries, David Hawkins, dog, Ella Enchanted, Ella Enchanted Fawning and Boundaries, fawn, fawning, Henry Cloud, John Townsend, Letting Go, Plushie Dreadfuls, Sawyer, trauma
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Responsibility in Emotional Regulation
Lately, I’ve been thinking a lot about sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems, which I first talked about in this past post. It’s hard to tell whether more humans are living through their parasympathetic nervous systems or if that’s just what … Continue reading
Posted in Getting Along with Each Other, Inspirational People, Life Hacks, Personal Freedom, Self-Improvement
Tagged dog, emotions, feelings, pain, parasympathetic nervous system, peace, responsibility, Responsibility in Emotional Regulation, Sawyer, sympathetic nervous system, trauma
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Introversion and Extroversion
Are you an introvert or an extrovert? Which one am I? Let’s explore this. First, some definitions. The two most common definitions I see for each word involve either shyness or how one feels after socializing. “Introvert” is usually defined … Continue reading
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Tagged dog, emotional health, emotions, energy, extroversion, Fear, healing, interactions, introversion, Introversion and Extroversion, mental health, Sawyer, socializing, trauma
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Humans Are Strange
Humans are strange and unpredictable. I could leave it at that, but, as usual, I have lots more to say. Here we go. So many humans bring drama, hostility, and other kinds of extreme negativity into a situation out of … Continue reading
Posted in Communication, Getting Along with Each Other, Inspirational People
Tagged abuse, dog, Fear, hostility, Humans Are Strange, love, pride, Sawyer, trauma, trust
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One-Size-Fits-None
Imagine three people seek medical attention. The first has a broken arm, the second is having a heart attack, and the third has a malignant tumor. Without knowing anything else about their situations, it’s easy to see that it’d be … Continue reading
Posted in Communication, Getting Along with Each Other, Inspirational People, Life Hacks, Personal Freedom, Self-Improvement
Tagged dog, emotional health, emotions, grief, healing, health, loss, mental health, One-Size-Fits-None, pain, Sawyer, trauma
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4 More Ideas to Avoid
This is a follow up to a post I wrote back in January. Given how many harmful ideas there are in the world of self-improvement, I have a feeling there will be more follow ups to come. Without further ado, … Continue reading
Posted in Communication, Getting Along with Each Other, Inspirational People, Life Hacks, Personal Freedom, Self-Improvement
Tagged 4 More Ideas to Avoid, abuse, communication, conflict, dog, fighting, healing, ideas, pain, peace, pleasure, Sawyer, stress, trauma
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A Better Approach to Healing
The more I learn about trauma, the more I realize how limiting labels are. My recent increased interest in this subject came from The Body Keeps the Score. In that book, psychiatrist Bessel van der Kolk covers what he has … Continue reading
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Tagged A Better Approach to Healing, Bessel van der Kolk, dog, emotions, healing, pain, Sawyer, solving problems, symptoms, The Body Keeps the Score, trauma
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My Thoughts on Coping Mechanisms
Lately, I’ve been thinking a lot about coping mechanisms. It seems that almost everyone has multiple coping mechanisms that help them get through the hard times. Anything from cell phones to talking for hours with those around them to playing … Continue reading
Posted in Getting Along with Each Other, Great Books, Inspirational People, Life Hacks, Personal Freedom, Self-Improvement
Tagged David Hawkins, dog, growth, healing, Homecoming, John Bradshaw, Letting Go, MDMA therapy, pain, progress, psychedelic therapy, recovery, relief, Sawyer, trauma, Wim Hof, Wim Hof breathing
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