Find out what is at the heart of trauma and what you can do to start dealing with it today. Many times trauma leads to addiction and a broad range of destructive behaviours and coping mechanisms. The next episode will tell you what addiction is and how it manifests into deeper areas of your persona and relationships.
If you found this video helpful in understanding trauma there are a number of related trauma articles from the blog that may be of interest to you complex post-trauma stress, causes of PTSD, childhood trauma and attachment trauma.
Recovery Direct operates Cape Town’s top rehab treatment centre for trauma care. The Centre focuses on resolving past traumas that debilitate and play out problematic behaviour patterns in clients lives including addiction, depression and anxiety related problems through an exclusive continuum of encouraging psychiatric care.
Midanium is the brand name for Midazolam which is classified as a benzodiazepine class medication. Midanium is also sold under the names Dormicum, Midacum, Versed and Midanium in South Africa as a prescribed drug used for many anxieties, anaesthetic, seizures related disorders. Facts on anxiety, anaesthetic, seizures medications Midanium is schedule 5 controlled substance classed…
It was Socrates who said, “the unexamined life is not worth living”. Self-reflection is integral to happiness; the ability to examine your life and to evaluate the course you are on, then to stop and make changes to your thoughts and behaviours to be more in line with who you really are, is in essence…
Attachment is the formation of a trusting bond with someone. The most important aspect of an intimate, dyadic relationship is an attachment bond. At birth, this is created through interaction with parents (or primary caregivers). The quality of early relationship bonding can predict our capacity for forming future attachments. Developmental attachment trauma describes unpleasant thoughts…
Denial is a natural and justifiable and default response in many situations, for example; when we are accused of something or when we need time to consider an offer, the first reaction is to reject the prospect as a defence mechanism that buys time to consider the options. At times we also have to deny…
Self-harm can be seen as an attempt to cope with problems, release emotional pain or distract you from reality. It includes any act of self-injury that is intentional. Often there is deep emotional distress or trauma at the root of self-harm. The act is carried out to temporarily release painful emotions, but the sense of…
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is a complex subject, especially since trauma and stress are personal experiences. PTSD is closely linked to coping mechanisms and our ability to process, contain and release negative feelings and emotions in a positive manner. Many people who have experienced trauma in their formative years have not learnt to adapt…