Trauma is Really Strange

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Unlike other texts on chronic pain, this one is accessible, short, and it is not condescending. It's helpful. However I also really recommend reading the footnotes as they contextualize the statements. You may have to use a magnifying glass. I think this book might be even better than the Trauma is Really Strange book... it really challenges you to re-examine your relationship with chronic pain. Finally, the book gives some practical ways to help you rid yourself of pain; physical but especially mental things that medical specialists never seem to suggest. This wonderfully illustrated book will be a godsend to anyone wishing to understand the effects of trauma. Such clear, accessible explanations of how we hold, process and release trauma based on the latest research have been long overdue. This little book will be invaluable to both therapists and the public alike.

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I was like a kid in a sweet shop in my late twenties. There were so many exciting courses and models to study. Yoga, led to massage, led to shiatsu, led to zen meditation, led to cranial work.Una novela gráfica distinta sobre temas interesantes. En este caso, el trauma o los episodios traumáticos, que en otras palabras pueden ser todo aquello que nos genere estrés; y el estrés puede ser muchas cosas: desde una situación de peligro hasta sentir frío. Por eso, ante tanta amplitud de definiciones, está bueno que alguien trate de explicar de qué se trata todo esto, y mejor aún si se hace de una forma tan didáctica con en este caso. It would seem impossible that the weighty subject of trauma could be explored so thoroughly in a comic book format. Yet this pairing of text and image so perfectly balances academic rigor, whimsical design, and engaging little narratives. At its heart, this book beautifully inspires the reader to see personal trauma as an opportunity for healing and growth. I work hard these days to base all my interventions in science based models. I am a die-hard materialist, Darwinian, atheist, and love embodied cognition and complexity as a philosophical approaches. There is not much room for lazy, fluffy thinking when working with trauma and persistent pain. I am deeply influenced by the trauma models of Bessel van der Kolk and Peter Levine and biopsychosocial model of pain. I am a big reader and have done a lot of short courses and have a long clinical practice on embodied approaches to healing pain, anxiety and trauma. I did not think this was very well written. I understand that it's difficult to distill complex information down to a simple comic, but I think it could have been done better, for example by providing clear definitions of terms like "grounding." I think anecdotes from individuals who have dealt with trauma themselves would have worked well.

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Frequently stories of Adverse Childhood Experiences emerge (see https://acestoohigh.com) and the goal is learning to meet complex histories and stay embodied and keep moving. I worked with people with mental health issues for 8 years Mind in Camden and Islington – I did advocacy for people with mental health issues. The inequalities in the mental health system deeply informed my awareness of social injustice and power dynamics of mad vs sane This short animation explores the phenomenon of dissociation. Most people know about ‘fight-or-flight’ not enough people know about ‘freeze’. ‘Dissociation is the essence of trauma’(van der Kolk B (2014) The Body Keeps The Score.Viking).

#3 Trauma is Really Strange – Steve Haines

it's a really basic introduction to some of the ways trauma impacts the brain and body. it seemed to start well, but didn't feel like it really delivered. i felt that in its attempt to be relatable to as many people as possible, it pretty much equated trauma with stress. this could be helpful to many... but also misleading/confusing. i was expecting it to deal with more 'life or death' type traumatic events. it referred quite a bit to providing 'trauma releasing exercises', but i felt like it actually offered very little when it came to it - 'shake the stress out' was pretty much the gist of it, and 'be in your body'. it felt like it was busy telling you 'you have the ability to overcome trauma', but not really giving you much to do that with... which taps into alsorts of problematic narratives, especially where many people who have expereince of trauma and PTSD will have tried and felt that they've failed to just 'get over it'. I got into yoga big time from mid twenties to early forties. This led to the study of massage, shiatsu for 3 years, chiropractic for 5 years and craniosacral therapy 2 years. I shifted in my late twenties to being a full time body worker. There has been a continued fascination on the link between mind and body.