PTSD Recovery is possible

 

 

 

 

Good morning, hope you are having a great weekend? I am writing a fundraising letter to all of you who have benefited from having your own mindfulness practice.

Mindfulness World as you know is an charitable organisation that does outreach work by supporting you and others associated with it to help you and to help others cope with health issues that affect us all emotionally/

There are many organisations that get a lot of funding and then there are those that do not get a lot of funding. Like mindfulness World that gets a lot of support and not a lot of funding.

It has been mainly funded by a few and needs to be funded by many more. The account for giving a donation is

Account:  name mindfulness world

Sort code: 09-01-29

Account : 08527330

you can make a standing order online to make a monthly payment for £10 or less

What's going to be done with the money? Many organisations support what we do but they all cannot give us free room hire. We are getting access to rooms that are only available for their services users and no one else. We are very successful in this. But the public, in the day, evening and weekends, is not getting access to these services.

A few of us have had self-funded training with Aberdeen's University's Mindfulness Association's Mindfulness for Compassionate Living which is a secular non-clinical mindfulness intervention. We have done both the foundation and the teachers course to teach mindfulness sessions which is perfect for running unstructured workshops in mindfulness and self-compassion.

We would like to part fund places for people who want to help others but are on extremely low incomes, like sufferers; teenagers and adults who are single parents, survivors of military, political, social, economical, domestic violence as well as those who have been released from the criminal justice system. Everyone deserves a second chance.

 Recently I completed or lets say I started my training in Past Trauma Therapy using Hypno-analytical and Psychoanalytical techniques. I have been for a lot of training and I was always happy that I was learning something to help others. But the result of this training a month after, really touched me. Just recently, I was on my way to a workshop, and it hit me unexpectedly all the memories of my childhood abuse and the abuse I suffered later, in life. In short I realised the reason why it was coming up now was,  https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/post-traumatic-stress-disorder-ptsd/symptoms/ trauma can take years to surface and in my case decades.

If you had asked me last month had I ever experienced trauma, I would have laughed or smiled and said no, but if you had asked me on Friday morning, whilst I was visibly physically distraught at the realisation that I had was experiencing in that moment PTSD symptoms. I would have said yes. Cutting the story short, I was able to use mindfulness to be in the here and now, to be in the moment, with the sense of curiosity, with a beginners mind, and to be an observer, dissociated not associated with what was going on for me. That saved me in that moment, but it was also my training as a hypnotherapist and psychotherapist that then enabled me to do some self-hypnosis to work with the subconscious mind to process and not to be held hostage in a traumatic state that has continued since then, because the memories and feelings do come back every time I mention it, even now as I write this email I can feel it in my body as an unconscious response to the words being a trigger. It is a combination of these skills, not knowledge but skills in practising mindfulness and self-hypnosis that I am motivated to write to you to ask you to support mindfulness world by funding it to have a series of workshops where people with PTSD symptoms can come and get help.

PTSD is like a phobia, talking about it won't make it go away. It is buried in the subconscious mind and it makes angry or scared when we get distressed, and we suffer by hurting ourselves and others directly and indirectly in the process of trying to survive that fear.

Help me to help others manage the fear within so that they can learn to live a life without fear? With your help you can provide the space where they can learn to feel safe again.

Lets break that cycle of fear together. Please fund mindfulness world to work for you to do what you can do to help others.

Account:  name mindfulness world

Sort code: 09-01-29

Account : 08527330

Thank you for your time and thank you for your help

Detoxing through meditation

Garvey Harris Trainee Hypno-Psychotherapist,  Hypnotherapist Mindfulness Therapist, Teacher and Supervisor Detoxing through meditation
Stress changes the quality of life Stress responses can be recognised as stress symptoms. Stress symptoms ar warning signs that you are being exposed to above normal stress conditions which will: Affect your emotions Increase negative thinking Affect your appetite Increase it Reduce it Affect your motivation Increase it Reduce it Affect your sleep Increase it Reduce it Affect your sexual drive Increase it Reduce it Affect your confidence Increase it Reduce it Increase dependency On drugs On alcohol Meditation detoxifies body stress Focus on each breath Count from 100 backwards Each number equals one breath Keep recounting till you are making mistakes because you are really relaxed Benefits Body relaxes Lowers  stress hormones Lowers stress response Lowers stress behaviours Lowers physical stress Lowers emotional stress Lowers psychological stress Lowers muscular stress Lowers skeletal stress Lowers cardiovascular stress Lowers immune system stress Lowers fertility stress Improves overall personal performance			5 Steps to a better wellbeing Connecting Connecting with your peers Learning Learn something new everyday Giving Give acts of kindness Active We need activity everyday Notice Be mindful, pay attention to the moment STRESS RELATED FACTS AND STATISTICS The Stress in America survey results show that adults continue to report high levels of stress and many report that their stress has increased over the past year – American Psychological Association. 75% of adults reported experiencing moderate to high levels of stress in the past month and nearly half reported that their stress has increased in the past year – American Psychological Association. Approximately 1 out of 75 people may experience panic disorder – National Institutes of Mental Health. Stress is a top health concern for U.S. teens between 9th and 12th grade, psychologists say that if they don’t learn healthy ways to manage that stress now, it could have serious long-term health implications – American Psychological Association. 80% of workers feel stress on the job and nearly half say they need help in learning how to manage stress.  And 42% say their co-workers need such help – American Institute of Stress. Stress levels in the workplace are rising with 6  in 10 workers in major global economies experiencing increased workplace stress.  With China (86%) having the highest rise in workplace stress – The Regus Group Alarmingly 91% of adult Australians feel stress in at least one important area of their lives.  Almost 50% feel very stressed about one part of their life – Lifeline Australia. Australian employees are absent for an average of 3.2 working days each year through stress.  This workplace stress costs the Australian economy approximately $14.2 billion – Medibank An estimated 442,000 individuals in Britain, who worked in 2007/08 believed that they were experiencing work-related stress at a level that was making them ill – Labour Force Survey. Approximately 13.7 million working days are lost each year in the UK as a result of work-related illness at a cost of £28.3 billion per year – National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence. Depression is among the leading causes of disability worldwide – World Health Organization Fewer than 25% of those with depression world-wide have access to effective treatments – World Health Organization. Take part in our online survey Take the Stress Survey Take the 5 Ways to Wellbeing Survey Contact a therapist Garvey Harris can be contacted

Befriending fear

Garvey Harris Trainee Hypno-Psychotherapist,  Hypnotherapist Mindfulness Therapist, Teacher and Supervisor Befriending Fear
Fear - Wikipedia Fear is a feeling induced by perceived danger or threat that occurs in certain types of organisms, which causes a change in metabolic and organ functions... 5 Steps to a better wellbeing Connecting Connecting with your peers Learning Learn something new everyday Giving Give acts of kindness Active We need activity everyday Notice Be mindful, pay attention to the moment			Fear | Psychology Today Fear is a vital response to physical and emotional danger—if we didn't feel it, we couldn't protect ourselves from legitimate threats.​ But often we fear situations that... When stress kicks in, the body goes into survival mode from the perceived danger. 7.5 billion people respond to the stages of stress in the same way. You are anxious on both a subconscious level which affects the body and anxious on the conscious level which affects the mind. So, if you are not relaxed, and will not ‘feel’ safe. Living without fear You need to lower the stress chemicals, like cortisol, that have been released to stimulate your nervous system. Over a short period of time stress is good, but over a long period of time. You will have so many symptoms of stress that you will feel overwhelmed and want to go for medical help?
STRESS RELATED FACTS AND STATISTICS The Stress in America survey results show that adults continue to report high levels of stress and many report that their stress has increased over the past year – American Psychological Association. 75% of adults reported experiencing moderate to high levels of stress in the past month and nearly half reported that their stress has increased in the past year – American Psychological Association. Approximately 1 out of 75 people may experience panic disorder – National Institutes of Mental Health. Stress is a top health concern for U.S. teens between 9th and 12th grade, psychologists say that if they don’t learn healthy ways to manage that stress now, it could have serious long-term health implications – American Psychological Association. 80% of workers feel stress on the job and nearly half say they need help in learning how to manage stress.  And 42% say their co-workers need such help – American Institute of Stress. Stress levels in the workplace are rising with 6  in 10 workers in major global economies experiencing increased workplace stress.  With China (86%) having the highest rise in workplace stress – The Regus Group Alarmingly 91% of adult Australians feel stress in at least one important area of their lives.  Almost 50% feel very stressed about one part of their life – Lifeline Australia. Australian employees are absent for an average of 3.2 working days each year through stress.  This workplace stress costs the Australian economy approximately $14.2 billion – Medibank An estimated 442,000 individuals in Britain, who worked in 2007/08 believed that they were experiencing work-related stress at a level that was making them ill – Labour Force Survey. Approximately 13.7 million working days are lost each year in the UK as a result of work-related illness at a cost of £28.3 billion per year – National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence. Depression is among the leading causes of disability worldwide – World Health Organization Fewer than 25% of those with depression world-wide have access to effective treatments – World Health Organization. Take part in our online survey Take the Stress Survey Take the 5 Ways to Wellbeing Survey Contact a therapist Garvey Harris can be contacted

Want a better sex life?

Garvey Harris Psychotherapist and Hypnotherapist Mindfulness Therapist, Teacher and Supervisor Want a better sex life?
Stress and Sex Stress is a fact of life. We are built biologically to survive stress. Short or long term stress, we can survive it by taking better care of ourselves. 5 Steps to a better wellbeing Connecting Connecting with your peers Learning Learn something new everyday Giving Give acts of kindness Active We need activity everyday Notice Be mindful, pay attention to the moment			Stress messing with your sex hormones For men to have a good erection they need the cells in the penis to relax to receive blood to pump up the penis. Then the sphincter traps the blood in the penis so that the penis stays erect until ejaculation is reached. When stress kicks in, the body goes into survival mode from the perceived danger. 7.5 billion people respond to the stages of stress in the same way. You are anxious on both a subconscious level which affects the body and anxious on the conscious level which affects the mind. So, if you are not relaxed, you can kiss a good sex life good bye. Baby making days are a struggle until you deal with the stress. Getting back in the saddle You need to lower the stress chemicals, like cortisol, that have been released to stimulate your nervous system. Over a short period of time stress is good, but over a long period of time. You will have so many symptoms of stress that you will feel overwhelmed and want to go for medical help?
STRESS RELATED FACTS AND STATISTICS The Stress in America survey results show that adults continue to report high levels of stress and many report that their stress has increased over the past year – American Psychological Association. 75% of adults reported experiencing moderate to high levels of stress in the past month and nearly half reported that their stress has increased in the past year – American Psychological Association. Approximately 1 out of 75 people may experience panic disorder – National Institutes of Mental Health. Stress is a top health concern for U.S. teens between 9th and 12th grade, psychologists say that if they don’t learn healthy ways to manage that stress now, it could have serious long-term health implications – American Psychological Association. 80% of workers feel stress on the job and nearly half say they need help in learning how to manage stress.  And 42% say their co-workers need such help – American Institute of Stress. Stress levels in the workplace are rising with 6  in 10 workers in major global economies experiencing increased workplace stress.  With China (86%) having the highest rise in workplace stress – The Regus Group Alarmingly 91% of adult Australians feel stress in at least one important area of their lives.  Almost 50% feel very stressed about one part of their life – Lifeline Australia. Australian employees are absent for an average of 3.2 working days each year through stress.  This workplace stress costs the Australian economy approximately $14.2 billion – Medibank An estimated 442,000 individuals in Britain, who worked in 2007/08 believed that they were experiencing work-related stress at a level that was making them ill – Labour Force Survey. Approximately 13.7 million working days are lost each year in the UK as a result of work-related illness at a cost of £28.3 billion per year – National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence. Depression is among the leading causes of disability worldwide – World Health Organization Fewer than 25% of those with depression world-wide have access to effective treatments – World Health Organization. Take part in our online survey Take the Stress Survey Take the 5 Ways to Wellbeing Survey Contact a therapist Garvey Harris can be contacted