Ex Sugar Baby+ Mental Health & Leaving the life

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What you should do after Trauma?

Focus on easing stress, because stress can make the aftereffects of trauma more intense. Good ways to ease stress include:

Exercise

Yoga

Meditation

Spending time with family, friends, and people in your community (like members of your religious community)

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Depression and trauma have high comorbidity rates, and feelings of despair, malaise and sadness can last longer than a few days or even weeks. When a trauma occurs, post-traumatic stress disorder often occurs. The Department of Veteran Affairs estimates that depression is between three to five times more likely to occur in trauma victims who develop PTSD than in the general population.

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Something my mum told me. Good I think.

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Is there a difference between trauma and complex trauma?

Hi there, yes there is actually a difference between trauma and complex trauma.

Complex trauma is usually defined by events that happen over a long period of time, particularly while growing up. Trauma in general is usually just one event.

Complex PTSD aligns itself between PTSD and borderline personality disorder. This table helps explain the symptoms a little more.

I hope that helps clear things up for you. If you have any more questions don’t hesitate to ask!

-Winter xx

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Unfortunately, it is not uncommon for victims of trauma to turn to drugs as a means of self-medicating and coping with the effects of trauma. Government studies estimate that 25 percent of people experience trauma before the age of 16, and those individuals are much more likely to become addicted to drugs or alcohol.

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Trauma can be treated through the use of certain medications. Not all trauma requires medication, but it can be a useful tool in treating the symptoms of trauma, such as anxiety and depression. It is important to work with a healthcare professional to determine whether medication is necessary.

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Emotion is one of the most common ways in which trauma manifests. Some common emotional symptoms of trauma include denial, anger, sadness and emotional outbursts. Victim of trauma may redirect the overwhelming emotions they experience toward other sources, such as friends or family members. This is one of the reasons why trauma is difficult for loved ones as well. It is hard to help someone who pushes you away, but understanding the emotional symptoms that come after a traumatic event can help ease the process.

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Early childhood trauma generally refers to the traumatic experiences that occur to children ages 0-6. Children can experience various types of trauma including:

Natural disasters

Sexual Abuse

Physical Abuse

Domestic Violence

Medical Injury, illness, or procedures

Community violence

Neglect, deprivation

Traumatic grief

Victim of crime

Kidnapping

Accidents

School violence

Loss

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Relapse

In any behavior change, relapses are a common occurrence. When you go through a relapse, you might experience feelings of failure, disappointment, and frustration.

The key to success is to not let these setbacks undermine your self-confidence. If you lapse back to an old behavior, take a hard look at why it happened. What triggered the relapse? What can you do to avoid these triggers in the future?

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Maintenance

The maintenance phase of the Stages of Change Model involves successfully avoiding former behaviors and keeping up new behaviors.

If you are trying to maintain a new behavior, look for ways to avoid temptation. Try replacing old habits with more positive actions. Reward yourself when you are able to successfully avoid a relapse. If you do lapse, don’t be too hard on yourself or give up.

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Action

During the fourth stage of change, people begin taking direct action in order to accomplish their goals. Oftentimes, resolutions fail because the previous steps have not been given enough thought or time.

For example, many people make a New Year's resolution to lose weight and immediately start a new exercise regimen, begin eating a healthier diet, and cut back on snacks. These definitive steps are vital to success, but these efforts are often abandoned in a matter of weeks because the previous steps have been overlooked.

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Preparation

If you are in the preparation stage, there are some steps you can take to improve your chances of successfully making a lasting life change.

Gather as much information as you can about ways to change your behavior. Prepare a list of motivating statements and write down your goals. Find outside resources such as support groups, counselors, or friends who can offer advice and encouragement.

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Trauma-specific Affirmations:

These are a list of affirmations for coping with trauma and the challenges that can come with it. I have found these to be helpful particularly after nightmares, or hard days. Once again these are kept vague so they can be helpful to anyone who needs them. If you struggle or dislike one or several of these, feel free to change it, ignore it or rephrase it. I understand that affirmations of this type can be challenging and it’s super important to be gentle with yourself through healing. As always feel free to edit, use, reblog, or anything else that helps you.

I am more than my past

I am stronger than I was 

I am a survivor

I made it through

I can heal

I can feel safe

I am safe

I am not responsible for what I have been through

It was not my fault

I know my truth, and no-one can change that

I don’t need validation to know my truths

I am reclaiming myself

I am reclaiming my body

I am reclaiming my mind

I am reclaiming my story

I am healing

I am growing

My feelings are valid

I am strong

I deserve happiness

I deserve recovery

I deserve to work through this

I deserve to be supported

I hope this can aid someone who needs to hear any or all of these. You are strong you are healing. I am proud of your progress. You are not alone, keep fighting.

R, S, J, A

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Contemplation

Stage Two: Contemplation In the contemplation stage people are more aware of the personal consequences of their bad habit and they spend time thinking about their problem. Although they are able to consider the possibility of changing, they tend to be ambivalent about it. In this stage, people are on a teeter-totter, weighing the pros and cons of quitting or modifying their behavior. Although they think about the negative aspects of their bad habit and the positives associated with giving it up (or reducing), they may doubt that the long-term benefits associated with quitting will outweigh the short-term costs. It might take as little as a couple weeks or as long as a lifetime to get through the contemplation stage. (In fact, some people think and think and think about giving up their bad habit and may die never having gotten beyond this stage) On the plus side, people are more open to receiving information about their bad habit, and more likely to actually use educational interventions and reflect on their own feelings and thoughts concerning their life.  

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Staying Stuck

Familiarity is comfortable which is why personally it takes me time to make changes. Another reason is alot of times I feel like doing things on my own, I don’t trust others to do it as well as I can so i’ll keep trying and trying my own way until I really really need help.

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Making Changes : Taking steps

Stage One: Precontemplation In the precontemplation stage, people are not thinking seriously about changing and are not interested in any kind of help. People in this stage tend to defend their current bad habit(s) and do not feel it is a problem. They may be defensive in the face of other people’s efforts to pressure them to quit. They do not focus their attention on quitting and tend not to discuss their bad habit with others. In AA, this stage is called “denial,” but at Addiction Alternatives, we do not like to use that term. Rather, we like to think that in this stage people just do not yet see themselves as having a problem. Are you in the precontemplation stage? No, because the fact that you are reading this shows that you are already ready to consider that you may have a problem with one or more bad habits. (Of course, you may be reading this because you have a loved one who is still in the precontemplation stage. If this is the case, keep reading for suggestions about how you can help others progress through their stages of change)