The following is taken from The Journal of Traumatic Stress Volume 5, No. 3, 1992.https://www.myptsd.com/gallery/-pdf/1-90.pdfby Judith Lewis HermanHerman is Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, Director of Training at the…
Symptoms of PTSD and Complex PTSD The International Trauma Questionnaire focuses on defining whether a person has Post Traumatic Stress Disorder which consists of:Re-experiencing in the here and nowAvoidanceSense of…
NPD Statistics According to Medscape: "It is estimated that NPD is present in 0.5% of the general United States population and in 2-16% of those who seek help from a…
The DSM-5 (American Psychiatric Association, 2013) identifies and describes ten specific personality disorders. These diagnoses represent ten specific enduring patterns of thoughts, feelings, and behaviour. There are four core features…
A person with Narcissistic Personality Disorder will generally have come from a background where there was a parent with NPD (there are differing theories as to the cause of NPD…
Definition of a Psychopath Estimated to be present in 1% of the general population, psychopathy is thought to be innate. Psychopaths are likely to be educated with a good career.…
What is an Addiction?An addiction is a repetitive or compulsive behaviour that people use to regulate and manage their emotions. These can be emotions we are aware of or they…
Peter Levine is a doctor and an expert in how the memory works during times of trauma. Thomas Huebl is a spiritual teacher who specialises in trauma. In this talk,…
Trauma survivors have symptoms of the trauma in their behaviours and thoughts, these are not their personality or character but are echoes of trauma. Complex Post Traumatic Stress Disorder is…
Swollen AmygdalaA child living under traumatic conditions will develop a brain that is very biased to danger. This will last into adulthood. This is done through the amygdala which is…
A child who has lived in a situation of stress and abuse for a prolonged time will usually develop Complex Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. This is an elaborate system of…
Children of narcissists will often ‘internalise the narcissist’. This means to develop part of the brain/personality which mirrors/copies the narcissist’s critical voice. This defence mechanism ensures that the child can…
