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.
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder is the manifestation of emotional dysfunctions after exposure to severe trauma. It can eventuate from a single traumatic event or from a lifelong cascade of such incidents. The resulting anguish is a major contributor to the prevalence of substance use disorders. PTSD stems primarily from involuntary mental responses to trauma. Anguish…
Life in recovery poses a unique set of challenges. Old self-destructive habits were sabotaging your happiness and comprising your life. Substance abuse was an all-consuming motivator and now that you are clean and sober, life may feel different and overwhelming. It is normal to go through an adjustment period where you are finding your feet…
Coronavirus is now known as SARS-CoV-2 or Novel Coronavirus or more by the disease it causes in humans “COVID-19” emerged in December 2019 in Wuhan, China. The rapid spread of the virus caught the world off guard as it exploited a few fundamental ways in which we interact as human beings. The first problem we…
This article is aimed at a broad INTERNET audience and is not a substitute for personal advice from a medical doctor or addiction counsellor. Disrupting chronic alcohol or drug usage without professional detoxification and emotion-management is a strenuous, risky and potentially fatal undertaking. If you are determined to attempt home detox or addiction recovery on…
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CAT ADDICTION Cat addiction can cause disruptions within your life and relationships Chat to a counsellor today about your personally restorative strategy to help you cope without the substances. LET’S GET STARTED Cat is one of South Africa’s more recent “drug” it is a cheap stimulant alternative to cocaine or ecstasy, and is commonly found…