#therapy methods for trauma

[blursy]

Impact on Adult Relationships and AAQ By Hazan and Shaver

Photo by cottonbro studio on Pexels.com In the 1980s, Cindy Hazan and Phillip Shaver conducted a groundbreaking study on adult romantic relationships, and they developed what is known as the Adult Attachment Questionnaire (AAQ). The Hazan and Shaver attachment theory builds upon John Bowlby’s attachment theory, which originally focused on the parent-child bond. Hazan and Shaver extended this…

[runby2]

an old comic i made abt physical trauma healing bc miles didnt have a good childhood so i think phoenix would be supportive of helping him heal that. i remember last year i found out about adult pacifiers and it makes me happy to know it helps a lot of people feel safe again.

[dynamitekansai]

"I'm the bad guy? How?"

[orsanedraws]

i will not give in to the urge to write an oc x character fic that's in my head... i will not...

[crimeronan]

back to thinking about that worst timeline princess AU concept where luz and hunter end up with camila in the human realm when camila hasn't met vee and doesn't know about the isles. & so camila thinks that the two of them have just been held captive together for years.

i'm mainly thinking about my 100% certainty that luz would develop a Crippling case of agoraphobia for..... very obvious reasons. double-checked the definition just now because i was like "i'm pretty sure it's no longer referred to as a fear of being outside??" and yeah -- it's a fear of being in environments where you'll be helpless or unable to escape if something goes wrong. which. well. you guys know what she's gone thru.

that combined with the general confusion and sensory overload of the human world.... i think luz would get Very Very Very Upset if she was forced to leave the house. and going anywhere without hunter especially is a non-starter. like one of u guys said a few days ago, the sheer LEVELS that her separation anxiety would ratchet up to.... she's basically following him to the bathroom whenever he gets up and sitting outside the door like a lonely cat. i don't even want to CONSIDER the kind of breakdown she'd have if she was made to go out with camila to, like, a completely normal therapy appointment.

[likeadog]

therapy today went well im glad im deciding to go thru w cpt despite my reservations. therapist was a bit baffled by my assessment results and wants to consult a colleague which is kinda funny like either way cpt is the best therapy option but hes like yeah this diagnostic info is kinda whack and im like ^_^ my beautiful complex natureee. anyway saferoom can take credit for dxing me w ptsd like 2 years in advance you win the prize bud

[nordfjording]

the thing about Michelle Remembers isn't that there are parts of it that are debunkable. it's that it is impossible for any of it even one single thing in it to have ever happened.

and it's not even good? by the time the ritually sacrificied dead babies start racking up you're bored out of your mind. the only thing this book is and ever should've been good for is as an exercise in marking red flags in a client/practitioner setting.

[danothan]

“when hal ran away… i moved home. i gave my life for our family just like mom… when has hal ever given this family anything?” -> “families don’t leave each other… not ever.”

oh so that’s how hal sees it, he thinks he left his family behind by running away and not that, yk, they forced him out. glad to know his estranged big brother’s words stuck with him forever

and the worst part is that this isn’t even his worst nightmare. this is just trial and error to DISCOVER his worst fear, and it doesn’t even land. hal has grown a lot since then, he’s just accepted this as the truth

[byanyan]

ahahahaha... tfw you come to the realization that you've created a character who is loudly and unapologetically themself bc you are terrified to be yourself... where you internalize everything, they externalize everything...

[chaos-in-one]

Good news is might have found a few good options for a new therapist that actually accept my insurance finally :D

[cameronthecryptid]

I don't know how to explain it but Marc is so Will Wood & The Tapeworms Self-ish album

[blursy]

Understanding Trauma: Types, Symptoms, and Effective Methods for Healing

Trauma is an emotional response to a distressing event that overwhelms an individual’s ability to cope. Trauma can be experienced in various ways, and the effects can last for an extended period. The types of trauma are numerous, and they differ in their origins and severity. In this article, we will discuss some of the different types of trauma and provide examples of each from real-life…

[thatonebirdwrites]

This is so, so accurate. LOL They really do all need therapy.

What I find interesting in the show, Asami, despite having intense trauma and a storyarc that mirrored Korra's, is also the best adapted with coping methods. She also seems to have a better handle on how to dismantle negative core beliefs and transform them into more hopeful and loving core beliefs.

You see this in that filler episode in Book 4. Korra is talking about how all the things she did failed to do anything good. Asami counters this by reframing.

Reframing is an excellent coping and healing technique for taking our negative core beliefs, which trauma instills in us, and transforming them into something new. Reframing adjusts the perspective to allow us to see our own resiliency and positive impact (despite the trauma faced). It can help take us out of the spiral of pain that traumatic memories can easily cause.

For example, when Korra sees the pain she suffered with Amon, and how she felt like she did no good. Asami takes that and reframes it to show that her actions did cause good things, and despite the pain and trauma - which Asami is careful to validate as real - Korra helped bring about good change.

Asami does this for each traumatic fight Korra describes. Her reframing starts to break down Korra's despair and transform it back into hope.

And then Tenzin barges into the scene with his hogwash that doesn't challenge the negative core beliefs Korra has but reinforces it. Which is not healthy thing to do at all.

Asami's actions in that scene challenged Korra's negative core beliefs about herself in a gentle and loving way.

Tenzin's actions later in the scene reinforced the negative core belief.

This is why I think Asami has a better handle on healing and spiritual support because she sought to validate Korra's emotions and also gently challenge her negative core beliefs.

Negative core beliefs often come about because of our trauma, where we internalize what happens in a way that hurts us, where we take responsibility for things others did to us when that's not on us to own, where we punish ourselves (knowingly or not) for events that hurt us.

Reframing can help dismantle all of that, and crack the negative core belief. It is only one tool in the toolbox for therapists assisting us with transforming negative core beliefs into healthier and more hopeful/loving ones. There's a lot of other techniques as well, but I found it interesting that of all the characters, Asami Sato is the one that seems to have mastered the reframing technique.

So in essence, Asami is very good at assisting others in a therapeutic way, far more than Tenzin, but she is not particularly good at doing it for herself.

lok screencaps + therapy tweets because boy do they all need it 

[providencereiki]

The Little Things That Make or Break Relationships

Life is often about the little things, especially in relationships. People want to know they matter and are important to us, and little things go a long way toward achieving that goal. How do you respond when the people in your life make bids and connection attempts toward you at random times throughout your days? Do you move closer or further in those moments? How does it feel when you move…

[likeadog]

therapy today went well im glad im deciding to go thru w cpt despite my reservations. therapist was a bit baffled by my assessment results and wants to consult a colleague which is kinda funny like either way cpt is the best therapy option but hes like yeah this diagnostic info is kinda whack and im like ^_^ my beautiful complex natureee. anyway saferoom can take credit for dxing me w ptsd like 2 years in advance you win the prize bud

[sylvainahyperfixation]

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