The ACG (Anterior Cingulate Gyrus) is the brain’s gear shift. It shifts between our thoughts and feelings and transitions us from task to task. The Basal Ganglia (BG) is the brain’s pleasure awareness. But more than that, it determines how much energy and focus we give to each task. So, the Basal Ganglia is the …
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The vagus nerve is the longest and most complex nerve in the body. It acts as the link between our bodies and the faces and voices of people around us. So, we can see it as the biology of safety versus danger as members of a tribe. Because believe it or not, our biological science …
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Am I the only nerd with Complex-PTSD? If not, would you like to nerd out with me for a bit? This is a little bonus article to this week’s visual aid wrap-up using seven various hormone charts. Now we can see how to use the hormone charts to check in with ourselves and others. Let’s …
Theoretical Hormone Chart of Ulysses S. Grant: For Science and History Nerds Read More »
Whenever I conclude a series, I like to create visual aids that include links to each article. A one-stop “at-a-glance” review. Each visual aid includes the link to the article that expanded on it. This way, you get the main points while deciding for yourself if you need more information. Well, this time we have …
Hormone Charts Compilation in 7 Visual Aids Read More »
The internet gaslighters are encouraging a new generation of enablers. They have been weaving a fantasy world for some time. And it goes something like this. First they describe Cluster B disordered (Trauma Glossary 1) behaviors as nothing more than a trauma response. “Those poor abusers were once, themselves abused! Don’t you feel sorry for …
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Ulysses S. Grant was a Fawn Type. And that seems extraordinary to anyone who knows what Grant was famous for. Before he became two-term U.S. president, he was the Union’s commanding general in the Civil War. So, how can this be that a man like him who made history also suffered the major problems that …
Ulysses S. Grant: The Amazing General Who Was a Fawn Type Read More »
Hello trauma warriors! My name is Jaena and I am a workaholic. If you read my last Heal-Along, you know that I am also a reformed book hoarder. Both addictions developed in 1996 when I was twenty-two years old. That’s when I started “recovering” from my depersonalization period (Trauma Glossary 2). I felt so fatally …
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Dissociative AD (Attachment Disorder) is an intentional attachment to activities that take us out of the present. In other words, it’s a conscious choice and we have control over it. When we think of dissociating we usually think of the mind going blank suddenly and without warning. Like someone yanked the plug, the brain shuts …
Dissociative AD: Dissociation as an Attachment Disorder Read More »
Hello trauma warriors! My name is Jaena and I run this site. I am also a reformed book hoarder. I started my “collection” in 1996 and it swiftly consumed my life. It wouldn’t be until 2019 when I would take control of it, removing forty-six boxes of books from my home and donating them to …
Confessions of a Reformed Book Hoarder: A Heal-Along with Jaena Read More »
When we think of hoarding, the television show Hoarders usually comes to mind. Inside the hoarder’s home are huge piles of random junk which have taken over all living spaces. And if you’ve seen even one episode of this show, you know what happens when the intervention team arrives. The moment they remove one useless …
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