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.
Paxipam is the commercial name for Halazepam which is classified as a benzodiazepine based medication. Paxipam is commonly sold as Pacinone in South Africa as a prescription drug used for many anxiety-related conditions. Facts on anxiety medications Paxipam is schedule 5 psychotropic medication classed as benzodiazepine used for anxiety. This elevated scheduling in South Africa…
Mindfulness is a shift in the way that you pay attention but through that subtle shift, your entire world can transform from the inside out. Some time ago we posted a fun video perspective that explains a bit about how to practically apply mindfulness and how mindfulness works, however, we decided today to explore the…
There was a moment in time when being gay or being “other” became acceptable. Simultaneously discriminating against these groups became absolutely unacceptable. Similarly, our country decided that apartheid was unacceptable. So we changed it. We collectively decided that what was going on was not acceptable. We collectively decided to do something about it. And we…
Studies on mental health in many previous disease outbreaks have shown that many individuals exposed to life-threatening diseases can also experience longer-term psychological aftereffects such as PTSD, anxiety and depression that extend far beyond the active infection. During these periods of prolonged stress and uncertainty, many changes can occur in the brain and to the…
Dr Neal Barnard shares some poignant insights into his late fathers battle with Alzheimer’s and the powerful role that nutrition plays in physical and mental health and wellbeing. We have written a number of articles about gut health for recovery and the importance of maintaining healthy routines that can help to alleviate stress, anxiety and depression. In…
Ativan is the commercial name for Lorazepam which is classified as a benzodiazepine based medication. Ativan is frequently sold as Tranqipam, Tran-Qil in South Africa as a prescribed drug used for anxiety, insomnia, sedation, seizure related symptoms. Facts on anxiety, insomnia, sedation, seizure medications Ativan is schedule 5 controlled medication classed as benzodiazepine used for…