Posts Tagged ‘ANALOGY’
14
May
Posted by Marty in Rick Hanson(Buddhas Brain). Tagged: ACCEPTANCE, ACTION, ANALOGY, anxiety, AWARENESS, C-PTSD, PTSD, THOUGHTS. 8 Comments
Repeated SNS/HPAA (sympathetic nervous system/hypothalmic-pituitary-adrenal axis) makes the amygdala more reactive to apparent threats, which in turn increases SNS/HPAA activation, which sensitizes the amygdala further.
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The mental correlate of this physical process is an increasingly rapid arousal of state anxiety (anxiety based on specific situations).
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Additionally, the amygdala helps form implicit memories (traces of past experiences that exist beneath conscious awareness); as it becomes more sensitized, it increasingly shades those residues with fear, thus intensifying trait anxiety (ongoing anxiety regardless of the situation).
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14
May
Posted by Marty in Assorted. Tagged: ANALOGY, ARTICLE, C-PTSD, PTSD. 2 Comments
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My opinion about this: Pot may relieve some symptoms but C-PTSD is not healing by toking. No pill will heal this trauma, practice daily and change the mind.
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The life of an individual suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is often a debilitating one, as patients are frequently plagued by intense nightmares, flashbacks and emotional instability.
There are a number of psychotherapeutic treatments and cognitive behavioral therapy options to aid sufferers of PTSD, but these interventions are not always available to patients. And while medications tend to be the first line of defense for these individuals, no pharmaceutical treatments have been developed yet to specifically target PTSD.
But now, new research may help dramatically change the course of treatment for PTSD patients. In the first study of its kind, researchers at New York University Langone Medical Center have utilized brain imaging technology to highlight a connection between the number of cannabinoid receptors in the brain and PTSD. Cannabinoid receptors, known as CB1 receptors, are activated in the brain when a person uses cannabis, which can lead to impaired memory and reduced anxiety.
The researchers’ findings pave the way for the development of the first every medication designed explicitly to treat trauma – something, they say, is desperately needed.
“The first line of treatment (for PTSD patients) is selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, which is a class of medication generally used with good effects in people with depression,” lead author Dr. Alexander Neumeister, director of the molecular imaging program in the departments of psychiatry and radiology at NYU School of Medicine, told FoxNews.com. “These medications do not really do the job for people with PTSD, so clinicians use anything else that is legally available on the market. They often use different classes of medications developed for things like depression, schizophrenia, or bipolar disorder, and overall there’s consensus that these do not work.”
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7
May
Posted by Marty in Assorted. Tagged: ACCEPTANCE, ANALOGY, AWARENESS, C-PTSD, MEDITATION, MINDFULNESS, PTSD. 1 Comment
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Meditating: What other practice goes under the ego to a place where you do not have to be anything else.
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Let go of emotion!
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let go of thought.
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Let go of control.
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Let go of judging.
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Let go of stress, worry and fear!
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Choose happiness let sorrow fade.
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Practice!!!!!!!
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7
May
Posted by Marty in Assorted. Tagged: ANALOGY, AWARENESS, C-PTSD, COPING, DISASSOCIATION, FEAR, FOCUS, HEALING, MEDITATION, MINDFULNESS, PTSD. 2 Comments
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Numerous ways to say , meditate and observe, listen intently for the sound of our breath.
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Slow the nervous system with focus on the breath, becoming one with the breath movement.
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The rise of the inhale, balanced by the purging exhale, connected by similar pauses.
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Let emotions exist on their own, arriving, staying a while, then fading from consciousness.
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A great practice, enabling us to focus our attention on now.
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The soul and true self may be the same?
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Quiet the mind, practice the breathing track, daily!
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Practice, practice, practice, practice, practice,practice!!!!!!
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3
May
Posted by Marty in Assorted. Tagged: ACCEPTANCE, ANALOGY, C-PTSD, Curious mind, INSPIRATION, MEDITATION, MINDFULNESS, PTSD. 1 Comment
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A curious mind explores not judge, or grasp?????????
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A curious mind can be enthralled with adventure without judgment or the ego present at times.
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Many humans have survived being supported by a curious mind, prisoners of war, you pick which one, concentrations camps or in the wilderness, stuck in a plane crash in the Andes maybe.
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The rugby team in the Andes plane crash, those that survived owe their lives to one curious, courageous mind, Nando Parrado.
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his motto, as long as I have breath, I will finish one step closer to my home. Not victory, or success or my life saved, I will finish one step closer to my father and family.
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A world of difference in the determination of a mind like this.
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Cognitive barriers would logically tell you that what you are attempting is impossible, very true.
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funny though, a mind focused, as his on the next breath, carries on, step by step, not to safety, but living his life and fighting for his precious life, beautiful.
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As a result, nine others lived because of his spirit, his soul, his mind. Barriers are made to be broken, try everyday, as long as you have breath.
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1
May
Posted by Marty in Assorted. Tagged: ANALOGY, AWARENESS, C-PTSD, Intuition, MEDITATION, MINDFULNESS, PTSD. 3 Comments
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You have to leave the city of your comfort and go into the wilderness of your intuition. What you’ll discover will be wonderful. What you’ll discover is yourself. ~Alan Alda
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My interpretation: Describes mindfulness/ meditation to a tee. Saving the city of comfort, the “I”, the ego, the left side of the brain/mind. Then going to the wilderness of intuition, our true self, the right hemisphere of the mind.
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What you’ll discover is wonderful, yourself, true self.
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Why not try to sit quietly and discover your body mechanisms, emotions and the ego vying for control.
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Slow your mind, breath, nervous system, let go of stress, tenseness and judgment.
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Let go of control, release the last bit of resistance.
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Act like your heart/soul, your chest is open like a butterfly net, observing all the emotional thought before you.
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Let thoughts fade without reacting to them.
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Have courage to resist grasping, thinking, trying to manipulate of defeat thoughts and their power dissipates.
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Accept, surrender, be vulnerable as you sit quietly and get to know yourself, intimately.
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You are perfect as the true self, aware of this moment with total focus.
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1
May
Posted by Marty in Assorted. Tagged: ACCEPTANCE, ANALOGY, AWARENESS, C-PTSD, MEDITATION, MINDFULNESS, PTSD. 1 Comment
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Comparing is a special kind of judgment where we enter a space without happiness. Whether we feel superior or inferior to someone, it is impermanent and a waste of valuable life.
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We were not placed on earth to live a life of comparison!
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We are here for a short time, then exit, comparisons do not leave with us.
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Comparisons for PTSD people, sentence us to suffering or misery.
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We start with low self worth, self esteem from childhood abuse, why compare and make things worse.
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Instead of comparing, judging, try focusing on the breath while observing these judgment from a distance.
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Comparing aims our attention at dissociated thought and beliefs.
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Trauma thrives in this environment.
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29
Apr
Posted by Marty in Assorted. Tagged: ACCEPTANCE, ANALOGY, AWARENESS, C-PTSD, MEDITATION, MINDFULNESS, PTSD. 1 Comment
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I resisted, fought, dissociated into ways of conquering trauma until it landed me in a dark garage, during the day for six months. This was bottom for me, my nervous system exploding over and over filling me with cortisol.
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My existence, a painful excruciating life filled with trauma terror.
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From this dark place, I opened up, accepted, then surrendered to my fear without even resisting.
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I felt vulnerable, extremely exposed but all other avenues had been exhausted with horrible results.
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Being humble, exposed and vulnerable started healing me, slowly. I did not try to fight thoughts, overcome them or destroy them anymore.
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The self discovery of healing does not come with rigid thought, barriers of stress or us feeling strong or superior.
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It comes with intimate introspection under the ego, the “I”, coupled with sitting quietly and observing how the mind works and who we our.
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Sit quietly and observe who you really are, it will surprise you.
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24
Apr
Posted by Marty in Assorted. Tagged: ACCEPTANCE, ACTION, ANALOGY, AWARENESS, C-PTSD, HEALING, INSPIRATION, MEDITATION, MINDFULNESS, PTSD. 3 Comments
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If you can’t see what you are looking for,
see what’s there.
It’s enough.
Mark Nepo
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Accepting life and ourselves exactly as we are, right now, having gratitude for our circumstance is the key to happiness.
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Yearning for things to be different wastes time and living life.
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Happiness can be found in our current place, with our current abilities and in this moment.
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Look deeper and appreciate all that we overlook, discount or ignore.
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Life has everything we need, now, to be fulfilled, happy, and productive.
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23
Apr
Posted by Marty in Assorted. Tagged: ACCEPTANCE, ACTION, ANALOGY, ATTACHMENTS, AWARENESS, C-PTSD, control, COPING, MINDFULNESS, PTSD. 3 Comments
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We travel through life building control of our life. We chase and sacrifice for career, money, or status to elevate and protect ourselves. We desire nicer neighborhoods, better schools, safer environments for us and our family.
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I am not saying any of this is bad, just not the control, we think we have constructed around us. Cancer or tragedy can happen anytime, anywhere. It is a fact!
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Place more emphasis on this moment, an awareness that all of life is contained in this second. Then life moves on to the next moment.
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Take more risks, reach farther out of your comfort zone, live fully, now.
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Be bold, trusting yourself, living with worry and fear in the background.
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Much is possible with daily practice and some courage.
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Change your life, expand your perimeter, search out uncomfortable and observe it. Get to know it, become familiar with it.
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