When the past haunts the present: An EMDR story
Back from the Abyss: Psychiatry in Stories | Psychotherapy, Trauma, and Psychedelics
09/04/19
•36m
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Sometimes trauma settles deeply in the mind and body and wreaks a kind of clandestine subterranean warfare, turning the body against itself and manifesting strange, frightening, disabling, and even life-threatening symptoms. Sophie's trauma simmered for 16 years, making her life difficult but still mostly manageable. Suddenly, however, she was waylaid as her trauma metastasized into something infinitely more dangerous. A long torturous course through emergency rooms and various specialists eventually ended up on a therapist's couch, holding an oscillating paddle in each hand, walking directly into the mindscape of her mother's death.
Links
EMDR (Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing)
https://www.emdr.com/what-is-emdr/
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/emdr-taking-a-closer-look/
Video explaining fight/flight (sympathetic nervous system) vs freeze (parasympathetic nervous system) and their roles in PTSD
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6M1FumqeyM
The parasympathetic (freeze) response is tied to allergic and asthmatic reactions
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4039300/
Dr. H
https://www.craigheacockmd.com
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Links
Cannabis and psychosis
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4033190/
Cannabis as mania trigger
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25285897
Adolescents and Cannabis-- increasing risk of developing psychosis
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25774457
https://www.psychiatryadvisor.com/home/topics/addiction/cannabis-use-disorder/cannabis-induced-psychosis-in-teenagers-and-young-adults-risk-factors-detection-management/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2931552/
CBD
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6326553/
Dr. H
https://www.craigheacockmd.com
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One phone call changed everything: EMDR and Trauma Part 2
September 22, 2019
•44m
As her father descended into years of meth-induced rages and psychosis, Kate and her family repeatedly tried to flee...but there was no place to hide. And when at last, after finishing college and starting a new life with her husband, she thought she had escaped the demons of her past, a phone call lit her world on fire. Kate eventually found a way to heal through a six year treatment journey with the help of a deeply caring and skilled therapist and the tool of EMDR.
This episode is the second in a two part exploration of healing through EMDR.
Links
Complex PTSD and EMDR
https://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/complex-trauma-emdr-can-help-but-its-no-quick-fix-0425165
http://www.coping.us/images/Korn_2009_EMDR_with_PTSD.pdf
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5904704/
Dr. H
https://www.craigheacockmd.com
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