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Triggers

7/30/2020

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Alert in Metal Gear Solid.
According to dictionary.com, "A trigger warning is a statement at the start of a piece of writing, video, etc. alerting the reader or viewer to the fact that it contains potentially distressing material."

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The Stress Response in 6 Fs

7/10/2020

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One example of many for how the body crashes after increased stress.

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Nightmare Disorder

6/21/2020

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Silent Hill 2, "The door that wakes in darkness, opening into nightmares."
​While nightmares are common, nightmare disorder manifests as nightmares so vivid and so frequent that they create major distress and daytime impairment. These nightmares routinely disrupt sleep patterns and typically occur in the earliest hours of the morning.

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Window of tolerance

5/5/2020

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While the idea of having a comfort zone isn't exactly novel, we can expand that idea when we talk about environmental triggers (things that set off immediate red flags in our minds).  One way to more effectively describe overwhelming triggers and their impacts on our behaviors is the "window of tolerance" in which we most effectively function and perform. This is where our A-game fight emerges.

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"What's it like living with PTSD?"

5/4/2020

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"Some would say it's a lonely life, and I guess that's true, but I don't like people's company," The Cat Lady.
That's like being asked to identify the critical features of bigfoot based on a grainy photograph that's also suspiciously confusing and difficult to discern.

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