A recent article by Pauline Jelinek, Associated Press, draws attention to “moral injury” from warfare. My own experience working with Vietnam War veterans in San Diego supports many of Ms. Jelinek’s observations and conclusions….
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Mass killings have been in the news recently, as I discussed in an earlier blog. Suicide rates are also up dramatically, for a variety of reasons. One of these reasons is posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and traumatic brain injury…
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Dissociation, in the realm of psychology, refers to detachment from one’s immediate surroundings. Dissociation can range from mild to severe. Mild dissociation takes the form of distractibility. Severe dissociation may involve…
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Nightmares (during sleep) and flashbacks (during waking) are the hallmarks of PTSD. Some people with PTSD are more troubled by nightmares, others by flashbacks. Many people with PTSD are troubled by both. Daytime “triggers” can…
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There are two current treatments for PTSD that involve dreams. One treatment is dream revision, the focus of this website. The other treatment is the anti-hypertensive medication, prazosin, which has been shown to block nightmares (as…
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In our world of fancy high-tech gadgets (smart phones, laptop computers, ebooks, ipods, ipads) it’s interesting to reflect upon what a remarkable gadget our mind is, the most amazing gadget of all. First, there is our sense of…
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There are various claims, both scientific and fictional, about “parallel universes”. A parallel universe, of which there may be many, operates through different laws and has different natural phenomena than our usual universe,…
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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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