Trying to put painful or traumatic memories out of your mind only stores them in a different part of your brain allowing them to resurface later. Have you ever tried to put one of your angry, sad, scary, embarrassing, shameful, rejected or stressful memories 'out of your mind' only to Read More →
PTSD without TRAUMA – How Common Stresses Can Give You PTSD
SCRATCHES IN YOUR TEFLON - Stressful events that aren't traumas by themselves can add up and give you posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Stressful events - like a divorce or breakup, getting fired, financial or legal problems, sexual harassment, having a miscarriage, having a serious Read More →
Premenstrual Syndrome? You may really have PTSD
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 →
7 REASONS TO GET RID OF YOUR PTSD FOR GOOD
When you have a physical wound you do whatever-it-takes to get it to fully heal. Its just as important for you to do whatever-it-takes to get your PTSD wound to fully heal. PTSD doubles your risk of multiple sclerosis, shrinks part of your brain and sabotages your career - but with some Read More →
Social Anxiety – My public speaking anxiety story
Social anxiety may seem to come out blue but there is always a root, it just may be something that you have hidden in the back of your mind. Here is how my public speaking anxiety seemed to come out of the blue. All through college and graduate school I had no problem speaking in Read More →
Premenstrual women develop 4 X more traumatic memories
Women are 4 times more likely to develop a traumatic memory of a car accident than if they have the exact same accident 2 weeks later. This is because your brain doesn't care if something is listed in some book as a trauma or not. As far as your brain is concerned, the only Read More →
A SIMPLE EMOTIONAL BAGGAGE SELF-TEST
Do you have problems with ANGER, FEARS, SADNESS, OBSESSIONS or COMPULSIONS? Do a simple exercise to find out if emotional baggage is subconsciously causing your problems. Think of an issue that is interfering with your life right now. This may be anger, sadness, anxiety, an Read More →
Start Breaking Compulsions & Addictions In 2 Minutes
The difference between social drinking and problem drinking doesn't have anything to do with how ofter you drink, how much you drink, whether you drink alone or with other people. Social drinking happens when you drink to make a good feeling better. Problem drinking - and any other Read More →
HOW STRESS MAKES YOU STUPID
Stress enlarges your habit brain and shrinks your decision-making brain. Chronic stress hormones trigger mindless habits instead of thoughtful action. When you are under chronic stress your brain releases stress hormones (adrenaline, noradrenaline and cortisol) which actually change your Read More →
How Your Emotional Brain Pulls The Plug on Your Thinking Brain
While your thinking brain has several ways of containing and controlling emotional reactions (neuroscientists are mapping these out as you are reading this) your emotional brain has one giant kill switch that allows it to pull the plug on the thinking brain. The way this works is that your Read More →