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+TRAUMA ALTERED DEVELOPMENT (TAD) - A NEW DESCRIPTIVE CONCEPT

alchemynow wrote 6 hours ago: +++++++++++++++++++++++++ Presenting a new descriptive concept that applies specifically to severe i … more →

Tags: Trauma and Its Consequences, Abuse, Anxiety Disorders, Attachment Disorder, Attachment Disorders, borderline personality disorder, boundaries, Brain development, child abuse

+RETHINKING THE CONSEQUENCES OF EARLY (DEVELOPMENTAL) TRAUMA

alchemynow wrote 10 hours ago: ++++++++++ Most of us are familiar with the sideways “8″ symbol for infinity.   It’s a s … more →

Tags: Trauma and Its Consequences, Abuse, adult attachment disorders, Anxiety Disorders, Attachment Disorder, benevolent world, borderline personality disorder, boundaries, Brain development

+PTSD AND SEVERE CHILD ABUSE SURVIVORSHIP - PART ONE

alchemynow wrote 1 day ago: +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ I am certainly not a big fan of the concept of ‘comp … more →

Tags: Trauma and Its Consequences, Abuse, Anxiety Disorders, Attachment Disorder, borderline personality disorder, BPD, child abuse, Child Abuse Prevention, Complex Trauma

+FORCED THROUGH ABUSE IN INFANT-CHILDHOOD TO GROW A DISSOCIATING SELF

alchemynow wrote 2 days ago: +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Growing a self (with matter) in a body in the world is an infant-c … more →

Tags: Trauma and Its Consequences, Abuse, child abuse, Anxiety Disorders, Depression, Genetics, borderline personality disorder, witness abuse, trauma bond

+LIGHT T-DAY READING ON RATS AND THE DALI LAMA

alchemynow wrote 4 days ago: +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ I’m not at all sure why I feel safer on the planet knowing the D … more →

Tags: Trauma and Its Consequences, Abuse, Anxiety Disorders, Attachment Disorder, Attachment Disorders, borderline personality disorder, Brain development, child abuse, Child Abuse Prevention

+THREAT OF ATTACK - STAYING NUMB - PTSD AND DISSOCIATION2 comments

alchemynow wrote 4 days ago: ++++ Something happened inside of me when I reached the end of the post I wrote on November 19, 2009 … more →

Tags: Trauma and Its Consequences, Abuse, Anxiety Disorders, Attachment Disorder, Bonding, borderline personality disorder, Brain development, child abuse, Child Abuse Prevention

+CRIMES AGAINST CHILDREN - WHO ARE THEIR PROTECTORS?

alchemynow wrote 5 days ago: ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Something so troubles me that I cannot sleep tonight.  Could it be … more →

Tags: Trauma and Its Consequences, Abuse, Anxiety Disorders, Attachment Disorder, Attachment Disorders, Bonding, borderline personality disorder, boundaries, Brain development

+PLAY AS AN INDICATOR OF SAFETY AND SECURITY IN A BENEVOLENT WORLD

alchemynow wrote 6 days ago: +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Mothers have evolved throughout the millennia to play with … more →

Tags: Trauma and Its Consequences, Abuse, Anxiety Disorders, Attachment Disorders, benevolent world, Bonding, borderline personality disorder, boundaries, Brain development

+TEARS, BEING LOST, ORGANIC CHOCOLATE CAKE BAKING IN THE OVEN.....2 comments

alchemynow wrote 1 week ago: +++++++++++++++++++++++++ Has there ever been a time since the moment I was born when I wasn’t … more →

Tags: Trauma and Its Consequences, Abuse, Anxiety Disorders, Attachment Disorder, Attachment Disorders, borderline personality disorder, Child Abuse Prevention, Depression, disorganized disoriented insecure attachment

+CONTINUALLY TRYING TO CREATE MYSELF IN TIME AND SPACE

alchemynow wrote 1 week ago: +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ I tell myself to put my fingers on this keyboard and make them move.  “S … more →

Tags: Trauma and Its Consequences, Abuse, Anxiety Disorders, Attachment Disorder, Attachment Disorders, borderline personality disorder, boundaries, Brain development, Child Abuse Prevention

+WRITING LINDA NOT HERE

alchemynow wrote 1 week ago: ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Strange thing, can’t write since finishing last post — … more →

Tags: Trauma and Its Consequences, Abuse, Anxiety Disorders, Attachment Disorder, Attachment Disorders, Bonding, borderline personality disorder, boundaries, BPD

+I WILL NEVER BE ORDINARY. IT IS TIME FOR ME TO KNOW THIS TRUTH.1 comment

alchemynow wrote 1 week ago: ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ I try to be as positive as I can about the work I am doing with … more →

Tags: Trauma and Its Consequences, trauma, posttraumatic stress disorder, Abuse, ptsd, Attachment Disorders, Dissociation, mental illness, recovery

+LOOKING BACK - I DID NOT UNDERSTAND MY MOTHER'S ABUSE OF ME. I DID NOT UNDERSTAND.

alchemynow wrote 1 week ago: +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ What follows is taken from a letter I just wrote to a friend.  W … more →

Tags: Trauma and Its Consequences, posttraumatic stress disorder, Abuse, healing, Anxiety Disorders, borderline personality disorder, witness abuse, Fear, infant abuse

+SIMPLE MOMENTS OF HUMAN KINDNESS CAN SAVE AN ABUSED CHILD'S SELF-LIFE

alchemynow wrote 1 week ago: ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ I woke up on this sunny, warm morning thinking about the post I wrote l … more →

Tags: Trauma and Its Consequences, posttraumatic stress disorder, Abuse, healing, ptsd, child abuse, Attachment Disorders, Dissociation, mental illness

+DOES OUR NATION HAVE A CONSCIENCE REGARDING ADULT SURVIVORS OF SEVERE CHILD ABUSE?2 comments

alchemynow wrote 1 week ago: ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Please be sure to take a look at the slide show presented in this l … more →

Tags: Trauma and Its Consequences, posttraumatic stress disorder, Abuse, mental illness, Anxiety Disorders, Depression, borderline personality disorder, Learning, Brain development

+DEGREES OF CHANGEABLITY = HOW WELL WE CAN PLAY THE CARD GAME OF LIFE?

alchemynow wrote 1 week ago: ++++ The Theory of Mind that a child forms by around the age of five is built upon the brain-mind be … more →

Tags: Trauma and Its Consequences, posttraumatic stress disorder, Abuse, healing, ptsd, Attachment Disorders, Dissociation, Anxiety Disorders, Depression

+BREAKING THE TABOO -- TALKING ABOUT SUICIDE2 comments

alchemynow wrote 1 week ago: ++++++++++++++++ It is time for me to break my own self imposed vow of silence about the subject of … more →

Tags: Trauma and Its Consequences, posttraumatic stress disorder, Abuse, ptsd, child abuse, Attachment Disorders, Dissociation, mental illness, Anxiety Disorders

+WHEN ABUSIVE PARENTS STEAL THEIR CHILD'S THUNDER

alchemynow wrote 1 week ago: +++++ Experts say that we cannot be truly autonomous and secure adults if we lack the ability to hav … more →

Tags: Trauma and Its Consequences, trauma, posttraumatic stress disorder, Abuse, healing, ptsd, child abuse, Attachment Disorders, Dissociation

+EARLY ABUSE AFFECTS OUR REACTION TO ADULT TRAUMA EXPOSURE2 comments

alchemynow wrote 2 weeks ago: +++++++++++++++++++ My revised list — common reactions to a stressful event can include: Shock … more →

Tags: Trauma and Its Consequences, trauma, posttraumatic stress disorder, Abuse, healing, ptsd, child abuse, Attachment Disorders, Dissociation