Newtown, Connecticut is a town of population 25,000 located near Danbury, Connecticut, 75 miles northeast of New York City. The population of Newtown is 95% white, with a mean family income of more than $100,000. On 12/14/12 Adam…
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People with PTSD suffer from emotional dysregulation. They have trouble controlling their emotions. A Vietnam veteran patient of mine with combat-related PTSD once told me “we have no feelings, only emotions”. His comment makes…
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Recovery from PTSD requires that one address the trauma at some point. Dream revision therapy, as described in earlier blogs, is a method for addressing trauma through posttraumatic dreams or nightmares. If the dream is…
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Our everyday lives are filled with sensory information from the outside world and from our own motor behaviors. We can’t possibly remember everything we experience. Our brain helps us select new information worthy of remembering. Such…
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Cognitive dissonance, first described in 1956 by Festinger, is a psychological state in which one holds two conflicting beliefs at the same time. Most people are uncomfortable in this state of mind, and try to reduce the conflict,…
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In a medical sense, a trauma is a wound or injury to the body. A trauma center is a place where such bodily injuries are treated. People with severe injuries (from automobile accidents, explosions, fires, etc.) may be flown long…
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In an earlier blog I indicated that dream revision as an antidote for nightmares is an old technique, perhaps even an ancient technique, used to sooth and assist children who awaken with nightmares. In working with PTSD patients, and in…
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