Curtis Buzanski, LMFT, CCDS

This article makes some excellent findings regarding loneliness; especially with populations that struggle with self-disgust and other core negative belief systems. Those with negative core belief systems (different than negative thinking) struggle to respond to typical cognitive interventions and often need modalities that tap deeper in order to shifting them.

PTSD is a disorder of recovery (as in one has not shook off the trauma), and if treatment only focuses on identifying symptoms, it pathologizes and alienates. But if the focus is on family and community, it puts them in a situation of collective healing....In humans, lack of social support has been found to be twice as reliable at predicting PTSD as the severity of the trauma itself. Tribe by Sebastian Junger

All too often, with childhood trauma, there is not justice against the perpetrators. This can wreak havoc on the psyche; kicking on the need for justice in to overdrive; often spilling over on to innocent parties. This is not your typical entitlement, this is wounding that gets perpetuated from unresolved wounding.

A close friend and colleague Dr. Dawn DiRaimando wrote a book and I can’t wait to read! I’ve already got a sneak peek at a couple chapters and I learned so much. She’s a psychologist who specializes in grief, and sibling loss and this book is needed so much! Check it out! (I receive no kickback from this post)

This is from a CRM trauma processing session this week when a client had a major breakthrough as they were able to detach a long standing imprint as a result of their childhood abuse. Unfortunately this is all too common of a theme and I’m sure you can imagine the implications that might come with integrating abuse = love at a young age. It was truly a powerful moment for them to release what had been following them.

Flexibility allows for adaptability and growth. Rigidity fosters stress, complacency, and narrow thinking. Mindfulness of spiritual principles and teachings nurtures flexibility.

Addiction has plagued humankind for thousands of years. That is why it is often referenced as the extreme manifestation of the normal human condition. The human condition to chase pleasure and avoid pain. Even Chinese Buddhism going back over 2,500 years ago had language to depict those suffering from addiction. They referred to addicts as those stuck in the Realm of the Hungry Ghosts. These were the individuals who couldn’t seem to get enough. Longing, craving, and unquenc...hing desire. The pictures from thousands of years ago show people, most likely smoking opium, but also with large bloated stomachs (representing hunger) and thin twisted throats; representing the chase to feed the hunger but it never being enough. To really fight the stigma of addiction we must accept that our society, our race, is an addicted race; some just find drugs. We must not look down on those suffering from addiction but rather understand and have compassion for the internal battle they are waging; it is a very human battle. See more

There is a difference between recovery and sobriety. If addiction were simply just an allergy then detox (sobriety) would be sufficient. Sobriety is a great goal; but to truly thrive one must embrace a lifestyle of recovery.