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fromPsychology Today
3 days ago
Mental health

The Surfer's Secret to Healing Trauma

Recovery from trauma depends more on learning to return to one's regulated state after overwhelm than on avoiding distress or staying perpetually stable.
fromPsychology Today
3 months ago
Mental health

Trauma, Arousal, and Addiction

Trauma-induced arousal extremes (hyper- or hypoarousal) increase vulnerability to addictive behaviors; effective addiction treatment must assess trauma and teach adaptive arousal regulation.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

The mystery of the coffee-shop meltdown told by dancers, a drummer and a brown bear

One morning, playwright Vivienne Franzmann was queueing for a coffee when an argument broke out. A customer absolutely lost it, says Franzmann. She was demanding her drink, shouting and swearing, and the rest of us stood there not knowing what to do. When Franzmann got to the rehearsal studio, she shared the story with Frauke Requardt, a choreographer she had just started working with.
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