LIFE TRAUMA INVENTORY

This is from the article, Seven Jobs That Will Make You Sick.  Notice that Firefighters are at high risk of heart attacks, in part, because of the psycholigcal stress they endure when fighting fires.

This caught my eye especially because when ...

One of the tasks in EMDR therapy is to make a list of the ten most highly charged emotional things that have happened to you.  Usually, this would be over your lifetime; however, this could also be for a recent trauma or event that would have several different aspects to it. 

We do this to help identify targets upon which to do the EMDR processing.

• Think of times when you were emotionally upset.
• Something unfair, threatenting or life-threatening was done to you or someone close to you.
• You witnessesed or experienced an emotionally charged event.

Take it easy on yourself when doing it. 

Notice how difficult it is to start it. 

Notice feelings that arise while doing it.

Notice that these things all have an

Helping the Wounded: Vets Deal With Drug and Alcohol Abuse, Homelessness, Homicide, Suicide, Brain Injuries, and PTSD

Below is an excerpt from this article, which does a great job of describing difficulties soldiers and their families have with

Helping the Wounded: Vets Deal With Drug and Alcohol Abuse, Homelessness, Homicide, Suicide, Brain Injuries, and PTSD

Below is an excerpt from this article, which does a great job of describing difficulties soldiers and their families have with

A Traumatic Toll on Lawyers and Judges

This article addresses the toll of hearing and seeing trauma on the legal professions - I would submit that more than just lawyers and judges are ...

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, or PTSD, is a psychiatric disorder that can occur following the experience or witnessing of life-threatening events such as military combat, natural disasters, terrorist

Yoga therapy has proven effective for combat veterans with PTSD in terms of positive physical, mental, and emotional growth.