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 8, 2024 | Anger Management, Anxiety, Change, Crisis, Depression, Health & Fitness, Mental Health, Stress
I’m emotionally spent. Enough is enough. Don’t talk to me. I’m done. I’m exhausted. I feel like people and my environment are draining the life out of me. If we can relate to any of the above statements, we may want to stop for a moment and breathe. Like this picture...
by Jeff Packer | Mar 28, 2024 | Anxiety, Change, Crisis, Depression, Mental Health, Stress
Claire’s Story; “I wake up, it’s 4am. The thought enters my mind, ‘Oh, it’s today. What am I going to have to face?’ Then I start ticking off all the things I have to face and with each one, I ask myself how I will cope with that. What if I can’t? What if I get...
by Jeff Packer | Mar 27, 2024 | Addictions, Depression, Health & Fitness, Love & Relationships, Mental Health, Work & Employment
Below is a well written testimony from one courageous person who decided to experiment with change, health and personal growth. What C.P.R. Means To Me It has been almost a month since I quit smoking marijuana! I had been a daily user for about twelve years,...
by Jeff Packer | Mar 13, 2024 | Anxiety, Change, Crisis, Depression, Health & Fitness, Mental Health, Problem-Solving, Stress
CBT- Breakthrough to Reduce Anxiety Anne’s presenting problem was preoccupation and fear that she had breast cancer. Five days a week, she would spend up to 80 per cent of her day thinking about the possibility that she might have cancer or that she had the symptoms...
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...
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