by Jeff Packer | Mar 11, 2024 | Addictions, Change, Children & Adolescence, Crisis, Family, Friendship, Mental Health, Problem-Solving, Stress, Teens
“My brother stays home Sunday to Wednesday, and parties the remaining days of the week. Sounds like fun, right? Sometimes he’s attending multiple parties per night. He stumbles into the house. On occasions, I find him passed out in the car in our driveway. He came to...
by Jeff Packer | Mar 10, 2024 | Change, Family, Health & Fitness, Mental Health, Stress
What I wouldn’t give to feel normal again! Sometimes we lay in bed and as we awake to our alarm clock, before moving an inch, we think we are going to feel normal again, pain-free. We roll over and as we attempt to get up, BAM! We are reminded by the strike of...
by Jeff Packer | Mar 6, 2024 | Anxiety, Change, Conflict, Crisis, Depression, Family, Grief, Mental Health, Problem-Solving, Stress, Trauma - PTS Reaction, Work & Employment
or… Post-Traumatic Stress “Reaction” (PTSR) “The anger, the rage, the hurt, and the cold loneliness that separates you from your family, friends, and society’s normal daily routine are so powerful that the option of destroying yourself is both real...
by Jeff Packer | Feb 29, 2024 | Children & Adolescence, Crisis, Discipline, Family, Parenting, Stress, Teens
Probably the single most challenging issue we face as humans, compared to other mammals, is the length of time it takes us to raise our young. Depending on the area of the globe you live in, this can range anywhere from sixteen to twenty years. In most...
by Jeff Packer | Feb 28, 2024 | Anxiety, Crisis, Mental Health, Stress, Trauma - PTS Reaction
Appreciating Fear Snakes-Spiders-Heights-Flying-Being Alone-Social Settings-Failure-Conflict-Rejection-Low Blood Sugars-Success-Failure Can you imagine how you would drive with no fear or too much fear? A healthy level of fear gives us guidance; puts some caution...
by Jeff Packer | Feb 26, 2024 | Anxiety, Family, Mental Health, Problem-Solving, Stress
“Bernice’s OCD began shortly after the death of her father. Since then, it had waxed and waned and currently, was as severe as it had ever been. Bernice was obsessed with a fear of contamination, a fear she vaguely linked to her father’s death from...
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