Comments on: Video About Our Study of Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction for Iraq Vets with PTSD

By: Stephany

Stephany — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 23:00:56 +0000

that is such a good analogy, (the can of worms). it does take a long time, i agree.

By: Therapy Patient

Therapy Patient — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 15:55:06 +0000

Thanks!

By: Doug Bremner

Doug Bremner — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 12:42:33 +0000

It is useful to talk about the details of a trauma with a therapist, it just takes about five times longer than you think it would. The therapy making it worse is debriefing therapy, which is short term (not recommended). As the Vietnam vets used to tell me in our three month inpatient program, you open the can of worms and don’t put the lid back on.

By: Therapy Patient

Therapy Patient — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 07:42:12 +0000

Thanks for posting that. I enjoyed seeing you “live”.

I have a question on PTSD. What’s the current thinking on talking through the trauma after the fact? What about a situation in which the trauma is nearly 4 years ago? Would talking about the details of the trauma with a psychiatrist (not previously discussed in detail with a therapist) help or make it worse? I have read that talking about trauma can make things worse. What’s the current general thinking and your opinion on the topic? This is not a hypothetical.

By: Duane Sherry

Duane Sherry — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 04:52:39 +0000

Doug,

Thanks for helping these vets out!

Duane

By: Stephany

Stephany — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 02:38:04 +0000

I taught myself to deep breathe by hanging wind chimes all over the place. Anytime I hear one I take a breath. It’s a good stress reliever, and does help with trauma recovery, speaking from experience.

Is that work part of the infamous Dali Lama and Nemeroff gathering of minds? (lol)?

By: Alex (WWU)

Alex (WWU) — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 15:43:52 +0000

Very cool stuff. They really liked the sound-byte of the gong/bell/things…