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August 23, 2015
Buddha’s 6 Rules Of Love – Sivana Blog
http://blog.sivanaspirit.com/buddha-6-rules-of-love/
Beautiful… Now that my recovery is so far progressed, I find these ideals resonate in my life.
July 14, 2015
Article and book on medical marijuana
When Weed Is The Cure: A Doctor’s Case for Medical Marijuana (via @NewfusionApps #Science News)
http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2015/07/14/422876973/when-weed-is-the-cure-a-doctors-case-for-medical-marijuana
May 4, 2015
What Everyone Needs to Know About Anxiety Disorder
The Huffington Post ��|�� By Lindsay Holmes
Another great article on anxiety. ��Read the article here….
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/05/04/anxiety-facts-infographic_n_7206094.html
April 25, 2015
An informed patient’s perspective on Complex PTSD
Stoning Demons is a series of books on complex post-traumatic stress disorder written from the perspective of an informed patient. ��The series shares��the experiences, insight and resources used over the course of a four-year self-managed recovery program. ��You can purchase digital copies here by Paypal or credit card.
Book 1: Childhood Trauma is a Primer for Complex PTSD
Book 1 explains how trauma experienced in childhood can prime a person for development of Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder later in life. Exploring developmental psychology can be extremely helpful for understanding the deeper effects of CPTSD. Reading about it helped me as a patient in surprising ways. My recovery��has led me to look at childhood and its foundation for development of emotional, relational, self-regulatory and self-image imprints into adulthood in a clearer, less emotional way. It helped me detach a bit from experiencing my pain and move toward understanding it.
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Book 2: Symptoms and Progression of Complex PTSD
Complex PTSD takes a progressive pathology, with symptoms worsening over successive traumatic experiences or during periods of elevated stress. Complex PTSD has its foundation in childhood trauma, impacting our development and undermining our mental and physical health for a lifetime.We tend to ignore the lifelong effects of trauma, with the misconception that children are inherently resilient. Those of us who experienced trauma in childhood know the truth of it. We are changed and shaped by those traumas and the response of others in supporting us through them. As adults, we are not separate from who we were or what we experienced as children. We remember it, if we are battling Complex PTSD, we are reliving it.
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Book 3: Health Effects of Complex PTSD
People with CPTSD experience a variety of psychological problems, such as depression, other anxiety disorders, and drug and alcohol use problems; however, CPTSD can also have an impact on your physical health. In fact, people with CPTSD have been found to be at greater risk for developing physical health problems, including heart disease, obesity, gastrointestinal problems and adrenal issues.
There is a close relationship between exposure to abuse during childhood and several of the leading causes of death in adults. Diseases including heart disease, cancer, lung disease, ��and liver disease have been tied to childhood trauma. The findings in many emerging studies suggest that the impact of these adverse childhood experiences on adult health status is cumulative.
As more and more research looks at the effects of abuse, neglect, and maltreatment, findings are showing that noticeable impacts are seen through adulthood, which illustrates the connection between developmental and psychopathological aspects of childhood traumas. ��The effects of trauma and stress are cumulative. ��When significant secondary traumas occur, the risk of developing CPTSD symptoms increases.
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Book 4: Childhood Sexual Abuse and Complex PTSD
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Childhood sexual abuse (CSA) is one of the most heinous abuses a person can suffer. CSA is often experienced with other forms of abuse and neglect, creating an imprint of psychological conditioning, conflict and injury. Many who suffered abuse develop complex post-traumatic stress disorder.
Adversity in childhood is known to have lifelong effects. Abuse disrupts the path of normal development, leading to a wide range of psychological and physical conditions. These conditions can emerge later in life, yet have their origins in the family environment. CSA creates ongoing adversity that begins in childhood and escalates as a consuming, persistent inner conflict that continues to re-traumatize long into adulthood. This leaves the victim vulnerable to increased stress response throughout life and has a direct correlation to quality of life and longevity.
This eBook is focused on CPTSD as it relates to childhood sexual abuse. It looks at the effects of recurrent traumas and chronic stress for adult survivors of childhood sexual abuse, based on available scientific and medical knowledge.
This writing provides an informal literature review, based on the author���s findings in researching complex post-traumatic stress disorder and childhood sexual abuse. It explores references to the mental and physical health impacts of abuse and the strategies used to cope with and recover from complex post-traumatic stress disorder. References are extended to include endocrine and immune system issues that result from chronic stress; a problem often seen in those with CPTSD.
In this eBook, I will share core research available on complex post-traumatic stress disorder; materials that I have found helpful in better understanding my condition and its origins. Further, I will provide references to methods that can promote beneficial psychological development using reframing techniques, self-therapy, self-care programs and professional therapy to guide recovery and personal growth.
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Book 5 coming soon!
20 Signs of Unresolved Trauma
This is an excellent list of issues that are associated with unresolved trauma. I hope you find the article as interesting as I did.
Originally posted on Discussing Dissociation:
Many people enter the therapy process with minimal awareness of their trauma history.�� When the trauma survivors are dissociative, they have the ability to block out an awareness of their trauma.�� They may know that their family had problems, or that their family was dysfunctional, etc, but they may believe they were never abused.
child abuse (Photo credit: Southworth Sailor)
However, blocking out conscious awareness of trauma does not mean that the survivors have no effects of that trauma.�� Using denial and dissociative skills does not mean that the abuse did not happen.�� Denial means that the person simply is refusing to acknowledge or accept the fact that they were traumatized.�� They are pretending they were not hurt, when they were actually hurt very badly.
Even if the memories of abuse are hidden from the survivor���s awareness, blocked trauma / unresolved trauma creates very noticeable and obvious symptoms that���
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April 8, 2015
Complex PTSD Recovery Workbook available now
The latest addition to the Stoning Demons series is available now in digital and print formats. This 40 page tool complements the materials in Books 1 – 5. This workbook is focused on Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (C-PTSD) as it relates to developmental trauma. The workbook supports the Stoning Demons series of books and uses recovery approaches outlined in Book 5, Recovery and Therapy for Complex PTSD. The purpose of the workbook is to give examples of the methods and tools that I used as an informed patient through the course of my recovery from Complex PTSD.
To order your copy, please click on the link below. ��You will be directed to a secure PayPal web page.
Complex PTSD Recovery Workbook
The digital version can be printed, giving the option of adding pages and updating your recovery plan at any time.
Digital Edition $9.99
The print version is a full size, full color booklet that you can use to complete your inventory, update your journals and prepare your recovery and management plans.
Print Edition $12.99
October 31, 2014
Many studies suggest that the impact of adverse childhood experiences on adult health is cumulative
Excerpt from Physical Health and Complex PTSD
Many studies suggest that the impact of adverse childhood experiences on adult health is cumulative. When secondary traumas occur, the risk of developing the hallmark symptoms of CPTSD – anxiety, intrusive thoughts and depression –worsen. Chronic stress can cause symptoms to increase over time as the person’s physical health deteriorates.
Research has increasingly linked heart disease, cancer, lung disease, liver disease and other systemic illnesses to mental illness and connecting deeper mental illness to childhood trauma.
Looking at the many studies available on traumatic stress, results suggest that the cumulative effect of multiple traumas is a primary contributing factor in chronic illness. This is due to the degenerative effects of over-activation of the sympathetic nervous system, dysregulation in the parasympathetic nervous system, and neuroendocrine imbalance.
There is an important feedback cycle involved in physical symptoms of post-traumatic illness, coping behaviors and emotional symptoms.
Read more in Book 3 of the Stoning Demons series, Physical Health and Complex PTSD.
October 30, 2014
Print and digital copies of Stoning Demons available here
Stoning Demons is a series of books on complex post-traumatic stress disorder written from the perspective of an informed patient. The series shares the experiences, insight and resources used over the course of a four-year self-managed recovery program.
Book 1: Childhood Trauma is a Primer for Complex PTSD
What is the relationship between childhood trauma and Complex PTSD? In the first book of the Stoning Demons series, I look at the influence that early trauma, abuse and neglect have on psychological development and attachment. I use my own experiences and journals to correlate the latest findings of scientific research.
(ebook) $2.99 email address required 
(paperback) $3.99 + shipping, allow 3-4 weeks for delivery
Book 2: Symptoms and Progression of Complex PTSD
How does Complex PTSD develop? In book 2, I break down the progression of symptoms that ultimately result in Complex PTSD and provide a basis for understanding the influence of chronic stress and recurring traumas on the mental health and social functioning.
(ebook) $2.99 email address required
(paperback) $3.99 + shipping, allow 3-4 weeks for delivery
Book 3: Physical Health and Complex PTSD
How does physical health reinforce the effects of Complex PTSD? In book 3, I explore the complex relationship between physical health and Complex PTSD symptoms. During my recovery, I discovered a wealth of information and ground-breaking research that shows how trauma and stress can reinforce a cycle that destroys physical health. This cycle is directly associated with the autonomic nervous system. When chronically activated by stress, damage to the nervous system can result in the very same symptoms experienced during a CPTSD episode. Understanding this helped me formulate a recovery approach that supported physical health improvements along with psychological work.
(ebook) $2.99 email address required
(paperback) $3.99 + shipping, allow 3-4 weeks for delivery
Book 4: Childhood Sexual Abuse and Complex PTSD
How does childhood sexual abuse lead to Complex PTSD? In book 4, I explore the effects of this particular form of abuse and its effects on the psychology of the victim, on attachments and relationships and on sexual health and behaviors.
(ebook) $2.99 email address required
(paperback) $3.99 + shipping, allow 3-4 weeks for delivery
Book 5: Marijuana-Supported Therapy for Complex PTSD coming soon!
Only 2 weeks left! 30% discount on all Stoning Demons books
There are only 2 weeks left to receive a 30% discount on all Stoning Demons books purchased directly from the website.
Stoning Demons is a series of books on complex post-traumatic stress disorder written from the perspective of an informed patient. The series shares the experiences, insight and resources used over the course of a four-year self-managed recovery program.
Book 1: Childhood Trauma is a Primer for Complex PTSD
What is the relationship between childhood trauma and Complex PTSD? In the first book of the Stoning Demons series, I look at the influence that early trauma, abuse and neglect have on psychological development and attachment. I use my own experiences and journals to correlate the latest findings of scientific research.
(ebook) $2.99 immediate download 
(paperback) $3.99 + shipping, allow 3-4 weeks for delivery
Book 2: Symptoms and Progression of Complex PTSD
How does Complex PTSD develop? In book 2, I break down the progression of symptoms that ultimately result in Complex PTSD and provide a basis for understanding the influence of chronic stress and recurring traumas on the mental health and social functioning.
(ebook) $2.99 immediate download
(paperback) $3.99 + shipping, allow 3-4 weeks for delivery
Book 3: Physical Health and Complex PTSD
How does physical health reinforce the effects of Complex PTSD? In book 3, I explore the complex relationship between physical health and Complex PTSD symptoms. During my recovery, I discovered a wealth of information and ground-breaking research that shows how trauma and stress can reinforce a cycle that destroys physical health. This cycle is directly associated with the autonomic nervous system. When chronically activated by stress, damage to the nervous system can result in the very same symptoms experienced during a CPTSD episode. Understanding this helped me formulate a recovery approach that supported physical health improvements along with psychological work.
(ebook) $2.99 immediate download
(paperback) $3.99 + shipping, allow 3-4 weeks for delivery
Book 4: Childhood Sexual Abuse and Complex PTSD
How does childhood sexual abuse lead to Complex PTSD? In book 4, I explore the effects of this particular form of abuse and its effects on the psychology of the victim, on attachments and relationships and on sexual health and behaviors.
(ebook) $2.99 immediate download
(paperback) $3.99 + shipping, allow 3-4 weeks for delivery
Book 5: Marijuana-Supported Therapy for Complex PTSD coming soon!
30% discount on all Stoning Demons books
30% discount on all Stoning Demons books purchased directly on this website.
Stoning Demons is a series of books on complex post-traumatic stress disorder written from the perspective of an informed patient. The series shares the experiences, insight and resources used over the course of a four-year self-managed recovery program.
Book 1: Childhood Trauma is a Primer for Complex PTSD
(ebook) $2.99 immediate download 
(paperback) $3.99 + shipping, allow 3-4 weeks for delivery
Book 2: Symptoms and Progression of Complex PTSD
(ebook) $2.99 immediate download
(paperback) $3.99 + shipping, allow 3-4 weeks for delivery
Book 3: Physical Health and PTSD
(ebook) $2.99 immediate download
(paperback) $3.99 + shipping, allow 3-4 weeks for delivery
Book 4: Childhood Sexual Abuse and Complex PTSD
(ebook) $2.99 immediate download
(paperback) $3.99 + shipping, allow 3-4 weeks for delivery
Book 5: Marijuana-Supported Therapy for Complex PTSD coming soon!
