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Archives for August 2016

Premenstrual Syndrome? You may really have PTSD

Premenstrual Syndrome? You may really have PTSD

Posted on 08.23.16 No Comments

Recent research shows that trauma and PTSD can cause severe premenstrual syndrome. If you have really bad PMS (premenstrual syndrome) you may actually have posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD).  Women with PTSD are 7x more likely to have a severe form of PMS called Premenstrual Read More →

Communication ABCD’s – Communicate your way into closeness

Communication ABCD’s – Communicate your way into closeness

Posted on 08.16.16 No Comments

When you run into communication problems you need to go back to the ABCD's - A) A Single Issue, B) Best Time, C) See Their Perspective & D) Do It Again. In sports when you are consistently missing with your tennis swing or your jump shot you always go back to the fundamentals.  In Read More →

How The Vietnamese Made PTSD Disappear – Not

How The Vietnamese Made PTSD Disappear – Not

Posted on 08.09.16 No Comments

The Vietnamese tried to make PTSD go away by systematically forgetting the past, while this is a good short term strategy its a terrible long term solution. In 1994 a group of American psychologists and psychiatrists visited Vietnam to see how they dealt with post traumatic stress Read More →

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