The PTSD Curse
Stress is when you wake up screaming and you realize you haven’t fallen asleep yet – Stress is the trash of modern life – we all generate it but if you don’t dispose of it properly, it will pile up and overtake your life Brain cells create ideas. Stress kills brain cells. Stress is not a good idea. PTSD Symptoms can occur after Nontraumatic Events PTSD symptoms can occur after severe life difficulties that most people would not consider traumatic. Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is an anxiety disorder that is triggered by memories of a traumatic event. Building on research from the late 1990s, ...
Living with Parkinson’s Disease
Helplessness induces hoplessness; learn from yesterday, learn from today, always look upward and hope for tomorrow. The Parkinson's disease Foundation suggests that almost 1 million people have the disease in the U.S., and worldwide there are 4 million people affected by Parkinson's. Parkinson’s disease knows no age barrier and symptoms vary from person to person. When one thinks of a person with Parkinson’s disease we think about the physical things like tremors, slow movements and loss of balance. But there is a not so visible “symptom” that is just as much of a disability as the physical symptoms. Stress and anxiety are ...
The Turmoil of Addiction
Dreams are renewable – within us is new beauty waiting to be born “To be a star, you must shine your own light, follow your own path, and don’t worry about the darkness, for that is when the stars shine brightest” WORDS FROM AN ADDICTION CLINIC Observations of the Counselor: The reason alcoholics drink alcohol, and drug addicts use drugs is to create a “mood altering experience.” After thirty minutes on the SMART Lounge, every one of our staff and clients had a “mood altering experience” without having to pick up a pill, drink or drug. As a matter of fact, more than one of our clients said, ...
Harmony for the Deaf
"The music is within us all............." "The body never lies, when your inner and outer energies radiate in harmony, you are blessed and spiritually magnetic. There is deep wisdom within our very flesh, if we can only come to our senses and feel it" According to the Deafness Research Foundation, over 37 million adults and over 1 million children in the United States suffer from some degree of hearing loss. Of adults who suffer from hearing loss approximately: 55% are male 45% are female 8.4 million are between the ages of 18 – 44 years 14.3 million are between the ages of ...
Someday We will Sleep Again!
those sleepless nights.................. And if tonight my soul may find her peace in sleep, and sink in good oblivion, and in the morning wake like a new-opened flower then I have been dipped again in God, and new-created. According to the National Center for Sleep Disorders Research at the National Institutes of Health, about 30-40% of adults say they have some symptoms of insomnia within a given year, and about 10-15 percent of adults say they have chronic insomnia. Insomnia, which is Latin for "no sleep," is the inability to fall asleep or remain asleep. Insomnia is also used to describe the ...
Chaotic world of Autism
"If you start using a medicaton in a person with autism, you should see an obvious improvement in behavior in a short period of time. If you do not see an obvious improvement, they probably should not be taking the stuff. It is that simple" The World of Autism The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke defines Autism as: Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a range of complex neurodevelopment disorders, characterized by social impairments, communication difficulties, and restricted, repetitive, and stereotyped patterns of behavior”. There is no cure for Autism. Therapies and behavioral interventions are designed to remedy specific symptoms and can bring about ...
Hoping for Blue Skies and Depression Free days
"I'm still alive; I can breathe; I will survive to this depression. I will see life like before; beautiful, sunny, shining and lovely. I believe in God; I believe in life; I believe in love; I hope everyone who has depression will get over it and will be born again to Life - stronger and wiser; appreciating every second of life; everything has a meaning in our life. Even the depression can bring positive things to our lifes." "I've learned that this darkness that seeks to consume my life is only sharing this body with me. I will press on, sometimes like the living dead, ...
Modern day Living = Stress at nth Degree
"Stress is when you wake up screaming and relalize that you haven't fallen asleep yet" “Future shock is the shattering stress and disorientation that modern day life induces into individuals by subjecting them to too much change in too short a time.” Using Technology to relieve Stress Are you feeling overwhelmed? Feeling tired? Can’t concentrate? Can’t sleep? Not coping with co-workers? Short tempered? You are not alone! These are all the direct effects of “Stress”. We live in an electronic world that moves fast and demands that you keep up with it! Think about living without your cell phone, computer or TiVo? There are plenty of ...
