My real name is Reena Gerlach

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I forgot laughter therapy. 

 

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I forgot exposure and desensitization. 

 

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Hyper vigilance is one of the symptoms of complex ptsd. 

 

I'm tough. I can take this. I'm tough I can handle this. 

Often trauma patients try to fix their trauma with temporary fixes. 

Symptoms of trauma 

• Sleep deprivation 
• Substance abuse 
• Alcohol abuse 

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I submitted my intake form to my therapist yesterday. 

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Another symptom of trauma is overwhelment. 

 

 

Visualization technique can be used. 

 

                        

 

Symptoms that I need to describe to my therapist - 

 overwhelming crippling anxiety

 quick to anger 

 outbursts

breaking things, lashing out

constantly triggered 

 self neglect 

addiction, comfort eating and hoarding

 

Coping skill - an ability acquired over time to beat the problem. 

 

Coping strategies - a strategy of coping and dealing and surviving through the problem. 

 

Coping technique - a method that can be quickly used in the moment. 

 

Coping mechanism - a way by which the problem is dealt with either positively or negatively to somehow or barely cope or survive with the problem. For example - comfort eating. 

 

How should a psychological program be? 

 

goal oriented 

present focused 

active 

brief 

CBT involves restructuring your thoughts. 

Words or CBT vocabulary. 

Automatic thoughts/snap judgements. 

Negative automatic thoughts 

Internalization of thought or past experience. 

Cognitive distortions 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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12 coping  strategies 

 

Strategy 1

 

 

Strategy 2

 

 

 

Strategy 3

 

 

 

 

Strategy 4

 

 

 

 

Strategy 5

 

 

 

 

 

Strategy 6

 

 

Strategy 7

 

 

 

Strategy 8

 

 

Strategy 9

 

 

Strategy 10

 

 

Strategy 11

 

 

Strategy 12

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Strategy 1

Journaling. 

 

 

 

 

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Strategy 2

Creating and Reciting Affirmations

 

 

 

 

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Strategy 3

Identifying and Challenging Cognitive Distortions

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Strategy 4

Worst Case Scenario Roleplay

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Strategy 5

Exposure Therapy

 

 

 

 

 

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Strategy 6

Challenging Negative Thoughts

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Strategy 7

Setting Goals 

 

 

 

 

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Strategy 8

 

Mindful meditation. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Strategy 9

Thought feeling Action Charts 

 

 

 

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Strategy 10

 

Create an Action plan 

 

 

 

 

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Strategy 11

Self care

 

 

 

 

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Strategy 12

Find a Good Therapist

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Father and mother wounds. 

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I feel deeply nervous about my therapy session. Pre-anxiety.