The internet gaslighters would lead us to believe that borderline personality disorder is just another form of PTSD. They back it up with visual aids highlighting this argument. The most famous one being “Complex-PTSD vs. BPD”. Its blue and lavender circles merge into a long purple oval where all the similarities merge. It looks legit. …
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This is from my history comic: Debunking the Spin Doctors with George Washington. It’s mainly for those of whom English is not your first language. Where I did NOT offer the full translation in captions, I am doing that here, just for you, dear reader. Also available for anyone who needs a visual guide for …
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The healing branches are key to opening up more neuropathways. An overview of each branch and what they mean is covered in this article. Now I’ll show you how we can really mix it up. Using my series of articles on flashback management, (with links) you will see how it all comes together. Remember, there …
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A visual guide through two weeks’ worth of articles. Using both Radical Acceptance and Poised Readiness. This is how we can escape the ripple effect of soul death and break free from the vicious cycle. An overview of vocabulary words from Poised Readiness: How to Defeat Procrastination in 5 Steps. Both Learned Helplessness and Shame …
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From Hippocampus Explained: A Heal-Along with Primitive Man. An overview of how hippocampus memories affect us. Below may look familiar, as it was originally featured in Managing Our Executive Functioning Levels: A Mindfulness Tool. The gray circled areas show which of the three parts of the brain are being explored here. All terms can be …
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Three visual aids in one spot this week! An overview of the 4F Trauma Types discussed in Healing Benefits of the 4F Trauma Responses. Directly below is an at a glance review of the types broken down by what they have in common but respond in opposite ways. Think of the proverbial “opposite sides of …
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The 6 Assigned Roles in Family Dysfunction. The scale to the left represents who endured the most obvious abuse (Overt) to who endured the most Covert (undetectable but still there). The scale to the right represents where the most trauma developed, from inside the family Home, itself, up to the Outer World (most traumatized when …
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This is one of two visual aids used in Trauma Glossary 3: Brain and Body on Trauma, in Section 3, which defines the 10 most relevant body chemicals. The stress hormones (chemicals) are in red; “happiness hormones” are in blue. At a glance: The Dopamine Pendulum and its two leading converters by how they function… …
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This is one of the two visual aids featured in Trauma Glossary 3: Brain and Body on Trauma. This is referenced again in both Master Toolbox 1 and Master Toolbox 2. The top is a map of the pathways of the brain and how they influence each other. In blue is the top part of …
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