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Traumatic Incident Reduction
(TIR)
The most thorough and reliable approach to the resolution of both
long–standing and recent disaster PTSD currently in use is Traumatic Incident
Reduction (TIR), a guided cognitive imagery procedure developed by Frank Gerbode,
MD (1989). A high–precision refinement of earlier cognitive desensitization
procedures, TIR effectively resolves the outstanding trauma of the majority of
the PTSD clients with whom it is used when carried out according to its strict
guidelines.
TIR appears to be more efficient and more effective than other
cognitive–imagery or desensitization procedures, as such procedures frequently
focus mainly (and most often incompletely) on secondary episodes. By tracing
each traumatic reaction to its original or primary trauma(ta) and by taking each
primary trauma to its full resolution or procedural "end point" at one sitting
(a crucial requirement), the TIR process leaves clients observably relieved,
often smiling, and no longer committed to their previously errant cognitions. At
that point, the traumatic incidents, their associated irrational ideation, and
consequent PTSD have been fully handled, and clients are able to re–engage life
comfortably in ways they might not have been able to do since their original
traumata
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Incident Reduction.
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Eating Disorders Recovery Strategy Chat Transcript
Have
you tried recovering from Bulimia, but having great difficulty? Or maybe you
just gave up completely? Or you're wondering what does it take to be successful
in your recovery efforts?
When it comes to treating bulimia, there is no such
thing as "it doesn't work." Yet psychotherapist and site owner of
Beat Bulimia, Judith Asner, says she gets emails like that all the time from
people who seem to have given up.
Ms. Asner says you keep seeking, practicing, revising your plan until it
works, changing this and that piece till the pieces fit.
Read the transcript.
Amy's Journal
Silent All These Years
 Well,
I am still playing the waiting game with work which is hard. I can go on
short-term disability if it comes to that but I really want to feel like I am
"normal" person. Granted working doesn't neccessarily mean that but I would just
feel a bit more "normal". Maybe I would take care of myself better, I don't
know. I am not doing such a bad job but there are issues. Eating is hard right
now, thinking is hard too. I don't know, sometimes I feel like I exist. So that
is where I am at right now. I exist to sleep! That is my excitement for the day.
Anyway I did start taking the tegretol...I don't know if it is helping with the
depression. I will let you know.
Visit my journal to continue reading and tell me
what do you think?.
From Our Bulletin Board
Is This Abuse?
DamagedPsyche wrote:
As a young child (i'd say from age 3 and almost starting again at 11) a
cousin convinced me to et him touch me and he's even tell my cousin of the same
age and i (his sister) that he wouldn't stay and sleep on the floor and watch
out for "monsters" unless we (myself mostly) let him do things. No rape involved
but i was uncomfortable, invaded and have had a big amount of hate in my heart
against him. The thing is he is only 2 yrs older. Some would say this was just
"exploring". He KNEW he was scaring me... he knew he could be told on... he had
a way to keep me silent... is this sexual abuse???!
I can't have a relationship in my still very young age and i let guys take
advantage just short of letting them rape me. Somebody please help me. Should i
tell my therapist all of this? HELP!
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Abused and Reabused! Why?
Research shows that once a person has been sexually abused, the damage that
has been caused leaves them open to further episodes of abuse. Abused at a very
young age, our guest says "sometimes I feel like I'm wearing a flashing neon
sign on my head that says "victim"! Dawn shares her story and Dr. Kumar has some
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"Controlling People"
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Does this sound like someone you know?
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Always needs to be right
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Tells you who you are and what you think
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Implies that you're wrong or inadequate when you
don't agree
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Is threatened by people different from him or
herself
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Feels attacked when questioned
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Doesn't seem to really hear or see you
This Saturday, find out what it takes to free yourself from controlling
types; the kinds of people who inflict verbal abuse, battering, stalking,
harassment, hate crimes, gang violence, tyranny, terrorism, and territorial
invasion. And you can call in and ask our psychiatrist what to do about your
personal situation.
Join us this Saturday evening at 4 p.m. PST, 6 CST, 7 EST as we
discuss this problem. You can call in and share your stories and ask our
psychiatrist your personal questions.
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Date Violence Common For Adolescent Girls
Related to drug use, pregnancy, suicide
One of every five adolescent girls has been abused physically or sexually by
a dating partner, and that abuse is associated with drug use, risky sexual
behavior, unwanted pregnancy and suicide attempts, a new study finds.
The violence appears to cause those problems rather than being a result of
them, says Jay G. Silverman, assistant professor of health and social behavior
at the Harvard School of Public Health and leader of the study, which appears in
the Aug. 1 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association.
The clearest link is between violence and teen pregnancy, says Silverman, who
is also director of violence prevention programs at the school. Adolescent girls
subjected to violence by dating partners are four to six times more likely to
become pregnant, the study finds.
"Within an abuse relationship, inherent fear is created on the part of the
victim by coercion on the part of the perpetrator," he says. There is fear about
discussing the use of condoms and other methods to prevent pregnancy, he says,
and "it makes sense that that conduct makes the girl more vulnerable to becoming
pregnant."
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reading.
Emotional Battery Leaves Physical Scars
Psychological abuse hurts both body and mind
Women who are in physically abusive relationships are known to suffer more
physical problems than women who aren't battered. But emotional wounds may cut
as deeply.
Women whose husbands or boyfriends emotionally assault them are far more
likely than those in healthy relationships to develop serious physical problems,
from chronic pain to gastric trouble, new research shows. Indeed, the scars of
such stress appear to be as strongly etched on the body as they are on the mind.
Experts say the study, believed to be the first to link emotional violence to
chronic health trouble, underscores the need to screen women for signs of
domestic abuse even if they don't have bruises and breaks that most dramatically
expose such behaviour.
"I'm not surprised at all" by the report, says Lisa James, senior programme
specialist at the Family Violence Prevention Fund, a US-based women's group. "In
focusing only on the physical violence we've really underestimated the true
damage that emotional abuse can have on a person's health and well-being."
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reading
Powerful Documentary Films
"Tina's Story"
Tina's
life was a living hell. Repeatedly molested as a child but afraid to tell
anyone, "Tina's Story" recounts the obscene physical and psychological abuse
that took her on an out-of-control emotional roller coaster until she died at
age 15. This is her story. In her own words. (Note: This is a true story. If you
suffered as Tina did, this film may bring back painful memories.)
What makes these mental health films different and so moving is that they
describe the impact of physical and sexual violence and misperceptions on their
victims. And for the most part, these stories are told in the victim's or
sufferer's own words.
You can watch them using your windows media player. Then give us your
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