by Jeff Packer | Apr 18, 2024 | Addictions, Anger Management, Anxiety, Depression, Mental Health, Stress, Trauma - PTS Reaction
Can You Relate? As one person struggles with recovery from severe childhood abuse (multiple kinds), she writes here about her view of alcohol throughout her journey. In the absence of effective coping strategies or when the stress becomes overwhelming, we tend to...
by Jeff Packer | Apr 15, 2024 | Anxiety, Crisis, Health & Fitness, Mental Health, Stress
Our bodies are incredibly complex machines and part of this beautiful sophistication is the way they communicate with us. When we are acting or thinking in ways which are harmful to our body/mind/soul, we often consciously or unconsciously deny or ignore this reality...
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 22, 2024 | Anxiety, Conflict, Depression, Mental Health, Sexuality, Trauma - PTS Reaction
Horrendous secrets many people carry for months, years, decades and maybe even to their grave can lead to debilitating stress. This can result in what many people call a “break-down”. It was historically referred to as a “nervous breakdown”,...
by Jeff Packer | Jul 7, 2014 | Addictions, Anger Management, Change, Mental Health, Sexuality, Trauma - PTS Reaction
Photo credit: arebella from morguefile.com ANTS: Our Thoughts or Not ? The following contribution is from a middle-aged woman who suffered severe child abuse, sexual abuse, containment and physical violence as well as the early demise of her mother. Father’s...
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