How to Overcome Childhood Traumas “Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional‚” is a Buddhist proverb. Everyone has had pain in their childhood. The pain can be as diminutive as finding out that Santa Claus and the Tooth Fairy are a sham‚ or it can be as immense as being abandoned and abused by someone. Trauma can leave mental‚ physical‚ and emotional scars that last a life time. As you transition from childhood to adulthood‚ letting your past skeletons haunt you will hold back and keep you in self
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Sleep Deprivation‚ Disorders‚ and Drugs Tyesia Wheeler Axia College of University of Phoenix PSY 240 Autumn Harrell December 16‚ 2012 Almost everyone‚ at some point in their lives‚ suffer from sleep deprivation. There are a lot of different reasons that people lose sleep that include not feeling tired‚ or because of their jobs‚ life issues‚ and etc. Many people believe that 8 hours of sleep is required for a person to function right during the day; while others believe that they can function
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On September 12‚ 2017‚ Ms. P as admitted to New York Presbyterian hospital after she was hit in the head and suffered a concussion and lost vision in the left eye. After assessing the injury‚ doctors determined that she had experienced a head trauma which indicates a Traumatic Brain injury known as TBI. According to the Center for Disease Control and prevention “traumatic brain injury (TBI) as a disruption in the normal function of the brain that can be caused by a bump‚ blow‚ or jolt to the head
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In the article of The Long Shadow on the Lingering Effects of Childhood Trauma‚ Dr. Bruce Perry explained that “the fight or flight instinct can change a child’s brain for the worse.” If the intimidations the child comes across are life-threatening‚ unrelenting or recurrent‚ the child becomes extremely sensitized‚ overreacting to trivial challenges and occasionally suffering symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder. In this article‚ Dr. Bruce Perry emphasized that the transformation of the malleability
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The Nervous System: Head Trauma Head trauma is an injury to the head that may or may not be brain related. The injury can me mild or very severe depending on the cause‚ head injuries can be causes from a wide variety of accidents or incidents. You can have head trauma from automobile accidents‚ slips and falls‚ sport accidents‚ violent shaking to the head/body (common with babies or small children) assaults or fights‚ and gunshot injury to the head. Head or brain can be damaged directly by things
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The severity of head trauma in the NFL has been ignored for too long. The National Football League needs to be more concerned with player safety‚ and to institute rule changes that will diminish head injuries. One reason the NFL needs to do more to protect its players from head injuries‚ is the alarming rate that retired players are being diagnosed with Chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE). CTE is a degenerative disease of the brain that is linked to repeated head traumas like concussions ("NFL
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getting enough sleep can increase the chances of getting sick. Extended sleep deprivation has been linked with diminished immune system functions. Researchers have also found a direct connection between people who get less than six hours of sleep appear to have a reduced immune response. A lack of sleep can also increase a person’s risk of developing chronic diseases. Almost 90% of people who suffer from sleep deprivation also suffer from another life threatening health condition. Some of these diseases
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Repetitive Motion Injuries also called Cumulative Trauma disorder ( CTDs) can occur when workers use the same movement over and over again for an extended period of time Two main techniques to combat CTD is to limit the time spent doing any repetitive task and to use proper posture and body position while doing that task. Proper postures generally mean keeping our joints in a neutral position. Don’t force hands‚ wrist or other body parts into full flex or awkward position while working Whether
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“I try to elude you for you sleep are the close cousin of death‚ but no matter how I try and escape the grasp of the two of you‚ I know soon I will fall prey to your seductive charms and my only reward will be to dream of his beautiful face”- Anneke Wilson Sleep! Some of us have no problem getting there‚ while others have to fight just to get an appointment with the sandman. During this paper I will talk about the effects that lack of sleep has on people‚ including myself. I will talk about how
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Sleep Deprivation of college students It is 11:30 in the morning and the lecture started half an hour ago. The classroom is still half empty. Although half of the class is here‚ they don’t look like awake. Most of them look like zombies. The above scenario is a common condition taken place in colleges. A research done by Tsui‚YY‚ et al (2009) shows that two thirds of the participating students reported sleep deprivation. The poor sleep quality results in their zombie looks and poor attendants
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