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Can Tetris heal PTSD?
I’ve lived with PTSD for a few years, it came to me in an unexpected way – one trauma opened a can of worms and suddenly I was dealing with 40 years worth of events in a single moment.
I don’t take medication, but it’s managed well.I’ve got a few tried and true coping methods that work great for me.
One of those is wearing earbuds and listening to music ? or a podcast before sleep; creating just enough static to give my mind something to play with to keep the noise of the past at bay. Tuesday’s listen was a TED Talk :
TED Talks Daily Podcast: Can We Edit Memories – Amy Milton
Amy presents: “Trauma and PTSD rewire your brain — especially your memory — and can unearth destructive emotional responses when stirred.
Amy Milton at TED Talks Daily
Could we eliminate these triggers without erasing the memories themselves?
Enter neurologist Amy Milton’s mind-blowing, memory-editing clinical research poised to defuse the damaging effects of painful remembered experiences and offer a potential path toward better mental health.” What sets PTSD apart from normal remembrance?
The emotional intensity, sometimes triggered by sights, sounds, things we can’t remember but they’re stored in our emotional brains.”What if we could remember but without the intense feelings?
That’s the challenge presented in this talk.
That’s the difference between PTSD and non- PTSD, the response.
#neuroplasticity #tedtalksdaily #podcastshow #neuroscience #traumasurvivor #ptsdrecovery #artistmind #emotionalhealth #brainstorm #copingskills #AmyMilton #TedTalksDaily -
6.14.2037 departure
“What would you do if you only had 6 months to live?”
Honestly, I’ve always despised that question.
Why?
Because it’s to narrow of a window and I don’t think our minds can comprehend such a limited amount of time.
Unless you’ve faced this circumstance, I think the idea is just too abstract for our minds to comprehend.I know, because I was personally faced with this circumstance.
If I only had 6 months, and as romantic as it sounds, I would NOT be spending my time planning great adventures. I’ll be right here; laying in bed, cuddling with my family & enjoying those very simple joys.However, the question intrigues me – it really got me thinking.
What if we expanded the time-frame to something a bit more… ” realistic?”
What if we treated life as finite as it truly is?
What if we set a date on a calendar ? as we do with other important events? Put a circle on a date and said: ” This is the day I will die.”“6.14.2037 – death day. “
What would you do with 17 years?
Who and what would you say yes AND no to?#dreamalittledream #lifegoals #liveyourlife #lifegoals #bigmagic #supersoulsunday #lifebydesign #lifeonpurpose #dreamplanner #stayawhile #intimate #lifechanges #THESECRET #TheFourAgreements #theBigIdea # definitePurpose Lifesabeach #lifesaver
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The WorkShop
What it looks like inside a designer’s mind? I don’t know – ask the designer.
My minds a house!
Imagine a desk with a few blaring lamps, piles of post-its, scraps of paper, sketchbooks, notebooks, pens, makers, pencils scattered about with empty coffee cups, doodads, models , balls of clay and x-acto blades.
Don’t mind the dust it’s just eraser shreddings!
Inside my imaginative mind is a steampunk workshop- not in the basement oh no! It needs light, I need light! My workshop’s high in the sky- an airship tethered, anchored in the stone!
In there you’ll find me! I’m the 1/2 mad inventor, the De Vinci – the creator, the maker, the innovator. It’s messy in the workshop but I know where everything is – it’s my favorite place to be.If you don’t have the ” perfect” environment to let your creativity flourish -make one!
This was the trick I used as a child, no matter WHAT was going on , yelling screaming chaos, noise or nonsense I always had the perfect place to escape -into the very drawings I drew.
Your mind knows no difference , it’s reality is only the one you make, the story you tell it to believe- just ask the man who sees the bars and the one who sees the beautiful sky outside. Or ask the person who says ” gah! Another day inside” and the one who sighs ” ahhh, another day alive.”
Wishing you all health & wellness both mentally and physically as we wade through the unknowings of what the post-pandemic future will bring.
May we create a better world by creating a more beautiful picture together.
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