Posts Tagged ‘STATISTICS’
24
Mar
Posted by Marty in My Favorites, Rick Hanson(Buddhas Brain). Tagged: C-PTSD, MINDFULNESS, STATISTICS, SUPPORT, THE BRAIN, THOUGHTS, TOOLS, TRAUMA. 7 Comments
Celestial Tree by Robert Venosa
We all have the same chance at happiness, look at how many zeroes are behind our minute by minute choices.
From the book Buddha’s Brain: The Practical Neuroscience of Happiness, Love, and Wisdom by Rick Hanson:
The brain is the primary mover and shaper of the mind.
It’s so busy that, even though it’s only 2 percent of the body’s weight, it uses 20–25 percent of its oxygen and glucose. Like a refrigerator, it’s always humming away, performing its functions; consequently, it uses about the same amount of energy whether you’re deep asleep or thinking hard.
The number of possible combinations of 100 billion neurons firing or not is approximately 10 to the millionth power, or 1 followed by a million zeros, in principle; this is the number of possible states of your brain.
Complex Post Traumatic Stress Disorder limits our choices to trauma thoughts exclusively on some days.
But there are too many choices to settle for a few.
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10
Sep
Posted by Marty in Adrenal Stress (Triggers), Bruce Siddle(Sharpening the Warriors Edge). Tagged: ANALOGY, AWARENESS, C-PTSD, PTSD, RESEARCH, STATISTICS, THE BRAIN, THOUGHTS, TOOLS. 1 Comment
Gustave Courbet
The feeling of loss can be minimized or eliminated with a change in our perception and actions. The concept of possessing or owning is something we can explore and maybe influence.
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Next, let us explore our actions surrounding owning things, situations or people. Obligation enters our consciousness with more possibilities of loss. Do we feel guilt, if we do not fulfill certain obligations?
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A person with childhood C-PTSD brings a damaged self image with them, creating permanent loss. We feel flawed, a loss that can not be fixed or repaired.
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How can we navigate life wounded like this? We suffer without a chance at happiness.
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Realize you and I are perfect and life is not about owning or losing things or people. We have so many breaths granted us in this life. Loss does nothing but steal these precious moments.
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The equation we need to adopt, let’s go of loss and replaces it with being in this moment. Loss fades in this precious moment when we take action, present action.
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I do not experience loss, now. I accept life as it is without judging things, situations or people. Our life is to be lived and experienced without the ego’s cognitive distractions of guilt, shame, loss or doubt.
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Think of the last time guilt or loss benefitted you? Remember, what fires together wires together. Playing with the concept of loss makes it grow. Starve this sentiment of attention.
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Easy with daily breathing track practice.
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5
Sep
Posted by Marty in Adrenal Stress (Triggers), Bruce Siddle(Sharpening the Warriors Edge). Tagged: ANALOGY, AWARENESS, C-PTSD, PTSD, RESEARCH, STATISTICS, THE BRAIN, THOUGHTS, TOOLS. 3 Comments
Gustave Courbet
From Sharpening the Warriors Edge: The Psychology of Training;
The performance curve referred to by Schmidt is a method of measuring the performance of a skill in relation to relative levels of stress.
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For fine motor skills, or motor skills which have a high degree of cognitive decision-making, the research indicates that optimal performance will occur during low levels of stress.
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Motor skills that are moderate in motor control and cognitive complexity will produce best results during moderate levels of stress.
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Motor skills that use large muscle mass (gross motor skills) and are cognitively simple (require very little decision-making), produce optimal performance during high levels of stress.
From a physiological perspective, this principle is quite reasonable. We know that when the human body perceives stress, the body increases the production of adrenal hormones.
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The adrenal hormones increase blood supply to the extremities, thus increasing an individual’s strength potential.
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This explains why gross motor skills, such as power-lifting, can be performed optimally under high levels of stress.
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However, an increase in adrenal hormones will also interfere with fine motor skills and accuracy during event performance.
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6
Aug
Posted by Marty in Assorted. Tagged: ACCEPTANCE, AWARENESS, C-PTSD, MINDFULNESS, PTSD, satisfaction, STATISTICS, SURRENDER, THOUGHTS. Leave a Comment
George Hendrick Brietner
Can we explore the satisfaction we receive from our desires with Trauma? Do we not desire to be like we were before C-PTSD exploded? Do we desire to avoid triggers and anxiety?
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We desire our fear to subside which makes it grow. Some of our desires actually make trauma worse. I desired to be able to go out and be normal but tried to accomplish this by avoiding possible danger.
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I desired to be anywhere but this anxiety fueled hell.
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Satisfaction only came when I accepted and surrendered to my fears. Now, fear works as a partner that I use for my benefit. I have given up any desire to avoid, control or judge my trauma or me.
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Anxiety and fear are known as part of me, not something to overcome or get rid of. They are part of the whole organism.
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15
Jul
Posted by Marty in Assorted. Tagged: ARTICLE, C-PTSD, COPING, RECOVERY, STATISTICS, THOUGHTS, TRAUMA. 2 Comments
CHILDHOOD TRAUMA
The Adverse Childhood Experience study evaluated the relationship between childhood experiences and medical and public health problems among adults.11 A 68-item questionnaire that asked about experiences in seven categories of childhood trauma was sent to 13,494 adults who had been recently examined at a medical clinic. Seventy percent (9,508) of the patients completed the survey. Of those who completed the survey, 25% had lived with a person who was a problem drinker, an alcoholic, or a street drug user; 22% had experienced overt sexual abuse; 19% had lived with a mentally ill person; 12% had witnessed their mother being treated violently; 11% had been emotionally abused; 11% had been physically abused; and 3.4% had experienced a household member being sent to prison.11
Adults with one to four adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) had a significantly increased incidence of health problems compared with persons who reported no adverse childhood experiences11 (Table 1). Adults with multiple ACEs are more likely to have adopted behaviors that increase their risks for disease, disability, and socialization difficulties that culminate in an earlier death.11
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8
Mar
Posted by Marty in Assorted. Tagged: C-PTSD, CHILD ABUSE, PTSD, STATISTICS, THE BRAIN, TRAUMA, UNDERSTANDING. 1 Comment
Studies show that about 15-43% of girls and 14-43% of boys go through at least one trauma.
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Of those children and teens who have had a trauma, 3-15% of girls and 1-6% of boys develop PTSD.
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Rates of PTSD are higher for certain types of trauma survivors.
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Nearly 100% of children get PTSD if they see a parent being killed or if they see a sexual assault.
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PTSD develops in 90% of sexually abused children, 77% of children who see a school shooting, and 35% who see violence in the area they live get PTSD
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8
Mar
Posted by Marty in Assorted. Tagged: C-PTSD, CHILD ABUSE, PTSD, STATISTICS, TRAUMA. 2 Comments
Isaac Ilyich Levitan
Epidemic, you make the call, however these stats describe the most resistance trauma to heal.
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Our development is not complete, exposing us to abuse, beyond our abilities.
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Combine this, with the duration of time we are abused, tenders us the Complex Childhood PTSD diagnosis.
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Healing is never easy or quick, most do not heal, rather suffer their whole life. We need to change this!
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8
Mar
Posted by Marty in Assorted. Tagged: ACCEPTANCE, ANALOGY, AWARENESS, C-PTSD, CHILD ABUSE, PTSD, STATISTICS, TRAUMA. Leave a Comment
James Zar
Children and teens could have PTSD if they have lived through an event that could have caused them or someone else to be killed or badly hurt.
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Such events include sexual or physical abuse or other violent crimes. Disasters such as floods, school shootings, car crashes, or fires might also cause PTSD. Other events that can cause PTSD are war, a friend’s suicide, or seeing violence in the area they live.
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Child protection services in the U.S. get around 3 million reports each year. This involves 5.5 million children. Of the reported cases, there is proof of abuse in about 30%. From these cases, we have an idea how often different types of abuse occur:
65% neglect
18% physical abuse
10% sexual abuse
7% psychological (mental) abuse
Also, 3-10 million children witness family violence each year.
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Around 40-60% of those cases involve child physical abuse. (Note: It is thought that two-thirds of child abuse cases are not reported.)
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9
Feb
Posted by Marty in Assorted. Tagged: ACCEPTANCE, ANALOGY, C-PTSD, HEALING, MINDFULNESS, STATISTICS, THE BRAIN, THOUGHTS, TOOLS. 1 Comment
Let us explore the ideas around therapy. We will simply place some time comparisons for once a week and once every two-week therapy sessions. We will use 14 hours waking time a day for calculations.
Once a week:
Therapy. 60 minutes
On your Own 5,880 minutes
Once every two weeks:
Therapy. 60 minutes
On our Own. 11,760 minutes
Where do you think healing occurs?
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8
Feb
Posted by Marty in Assorted. Tagged: ACCEPTANCE, ANALOGY, ATTITUDE, AVOIDANCE, C-PTSD, COMBAT, COMBAT PTSD, FEAR, HEALING, MILITARY, Military suicide, MINDFULNESS, PTSD, STATISTICS, SUPPORT, THOUGHTS, TRAUMA. 1 Comment
February 7, 2012
It’s not clear if Jason Pemberton — the Iraq veteran who shot and killed his wife, then himself — ever sought help for the combat post traumatic stress disorder that gripped him, friends and a relative said.
On Monday, veterans of both the Vietnam and Iraq wars said it’s difficult for those returning home from battle to admit defeat in the face of a mental disorder such as combat PTSD.
Police said Pemberton, a 28-year-old Army veteran who served three tours and was awarded three Purple Hearts for his wounds, shot his wife, Tiffany Pemberton, with a rifle on Saturday; he then turned the gun on himself. The bodies of the couple were found Sunday in their Daytona Beach apartment.
None of the veterans who spoke with The Daytona Beach News-Journal on Monday were surprised it happened.
There is often a stigma attached to seeking help from the Department of Veterans Affairs because many veterans — especially younger ones — believe asking for assistance from the VA means “something is wrong with you,” said Charles Tubbs, a spokesman with the VA in Orlando.
Why is there still a stigma? You can train them to kill but what about the consequences of war?
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