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The Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) Study showed that for 17,337 patients, childhood trauma correlated to serious adult medical conditions. “Contrary to conventional belief," says co-Director Vincent Felitti, MD, "time does not heal all wounds, since humans convert traumatic emotional experiences in childhood into organic disease later in life.”
Category Archives: Attachment Theory
From the Butt End of Evolution
Fear with a capital F has been bred deep into our neurons since man first walked the earth. Neurobiologists call it the “negativity bias” of the brain. For most of history, our brains needed to fear a stick far more … Continue reading
Posted in Attachment, Attachment Disorder, Attachment Theory, Brain Science, Dissociation, Neuroscience
Tagged ACE Study, Adult Attachment Disorder, Adult Attachment Interview, Adult Attachment Theory, Attachment Disorder in Adults, brain science, Brain stem, Bruce Perry, Developmental Trauma, Negativity Bias, Reassociation, Scared Sick
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Substance Abuse or Survival?
Substance Abuse or Survival Mechanism? What the ACE Study Tells Us About – Ourselves … November 8 Last Friday Nov. 1, down the road from county Mental Health Services in San Diego, CA, eleven local activists from the mental health, … Continue reading
Posted in Attachment Disorder, Attachment Theory, Brain Science, Emotional pain, Trauma
Tagged Adult Attachment Disorder, Adult Attachment Interview, Adult Attachment Theory, Attachment Disorder in Adults, brain science, Brain stem, Bruce Perry, Daniel Siegel, Developmental Trauma, Emotional pain, Jack Shonkoff, Limbic brain, Mary Main, Vincent Felitti
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Isolation Row
#14 in my ongoing book blogs from “Don’t Try This at Home” Last week my second therapist Dr. Rita was telling me to “heal yourself” to where I was reduced to singing Verdi arias about being doomed to live alone … Continue reading
Posted in Attachment Disorder, Attachment Theory, Brain Science, Emotional pain, Grief, Trauma
Tagged Adult Attachment Disorder, Adult Attachment Disorder Books, Adult Attachment Interview, Adult Attachment Theory, Attachment Disorder in Adults, Divorce, Emotional pain, Grief, Inner Child, Limbic brain, rebound, therapy, trauma
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Down the Rabbit Hole
#13 in my ongoing book blogs from “Don’t Try This at Home” When Dr. Rita heard about my exploits last week with “The Inner Child Workbook” and the applesauce caper, she said, “Well, I thought you could do some reading, … Continue reading
Posted in Attachment, Attachment Disorder, Attachment Theory, Divorce, Emotional pain, Grief, Trauma
Tagged Adult Attachment Disorder, Adult Attachment Disorder Books, Adult Attachment Interview, Adult Attachment Theory, Attachment Disorder in Adults, Divorce, Emotional pain, Grief, Inner Child, Limbic brain, rebound, therapy, trauma
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What Inner Child?
#12 in my ongoing book blogs from “Don’t Try This at Home” In my last post, group therapy put me through the floor. “Start with the wounded child inside you,” Dr. Matt repeated. “Then introduce your care-giving adult to your … Continue reading
Posted in Attachment, Attachment Disorder, Attachment Theory, Emotional pain, Grief, Regression
Tagged Adult Attachment Disorder, Adult Attachment Disorder Books, Adult Attachment Interview, Adult Attachment Theory, anxiety, Attachment Disorder in Adults, Emotional pain, Grief, group therapy, Inner Child Theory, rebound, Regression, Suicide, therapy
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When Family Doesn’t Get It, Recovery Partners Will
#4 in the news blog series; original post on ACEsConnection, September 26, 2013 When we’re hurting, we all want and need those closest to us to “get it,” but please take comfort from the statistic that it usually does not … Continue reading
How Your Brain Works 101
CLICK to BUY “Don’t Try This Alone” Dr. Bruce Perry just put out his latest on “How Your Brain Works 101,” in a September 5 webinar for the National Council on Behavioral Health. Perry’s revelations at Dr. Daniel Siegel’s March … Continue reading
Posted in Attachment, Attachment Disorder, Attachment Theory, Brain Science, Dissociation, Emotional pain, Trauma
Tagged Attachment, attachment disorder, Attachment Theory, brain science, Bruce Perry, Daniel Siegel, Developmental Trauma, Dissociation, Emotional pain, Henry Cloud, Limbic brain, Peter Levine, trauma
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Death and Taxes
#5 in my ongoing book series; original post August 16, 2013 This book was originally called “Death and Taxes,” a spoof on the ironic realities of dating in today’s American post-divorce shark pool. At the time of my divorce, I … Continue reading
Posted in Attachment, Attachment Disorder, Attachment Theory, Divorce, Emotional pain
Tagged Attachment, attachment disorder, community property states, Disorder, Divorce, domestic abuse, Henry Cloud, mancession, marital abuse, marriage, National Bureau of Economic Research, post-divorce dating
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Hole in My Heart
#4 in my ongoing book series; original post August 9, 2013 If there’s been an Adult Attachment Interview (AAI) since 1996 which can diagnose the 50% of Americans with attachment disorder, why doesn’t our medical system use it? [FN12a] Why … Continue reading
Posted in Attachment Disorder, Attachment Theory, Brain Science, Emotional pain
Tagged Adult Attachment Disorder, Adult Attachment Interview, Adult Attachment Theory, Allan Schore, attachment disorder, Attachment Disorder in Adults, brain science, Daniel Siegel, Developmental Trauma, Emotional pain, Henry Cloud, Limbic brain, Mary Main, Maxine Harris
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The Day That Einstein Feared Has Arrived
CLICK to BUY “Don’t Try This Alone”! As I’ve shown based on the Adult Attachment Interview (AAI), some 50% of us have a degree of attachment disorder. How can there be so little information on it available? What about us … Continue reading
Posted in Attachment, Attachment Disorder, Attachment Theory, Brain Science, Emotional pain
Tagged Adult Attachment Disorder, Adult Attachment Interview, Adult Attachment Theory, Attachment Disorder in Adults, brain science, Daniel Siegel, Emotional pain, John Bowlby, Mary Ainsworth, Mary Main, Matthew Warren, Peter Levine, Rick Warren
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