Imagine being able to tell your brain that the traumatic event that haunts you never actually occurred. For many suffering from PTSD, this might sound like an impossible dream. Trauma triggers our Fight, Flight, or Freeze response system automatically. Whether you fought, fled, or froze, you survived the event, but your brain remembers it. This…
Trauma Restoration Institute & Counseling Center LLC
Gregory Smith MS, ALC, BCPC
Dissociative identity disorder (DID), formerly named Multiple Personality Disorder (MPD), is a unique and highly specialized ability of the mind wherein certain conditions, aspects of experience and memory are separated from each other and form separate consciousness. It is one of the most fascinating enigmas in psychology, but throughout history, it has not been without…
When an individual comes seeking help for their problem, often the therapist will not know they are presenting symptoms of DID. Although the indicator of switching between alter personalities is a sure sign that DID may be present, this is very seldom witnessed in a counseling session unless the therapist already knows something about the…
It doesn’t take a whole new routine to instill a dose of happiness into your day—but it does take a little self-awareness. 1. Be grateful for the good & the bad. Research shows, grateful people are happy people. It’s also important to understand that happiness is not the absence of negative feelings. Gratitude is a…
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