Every student has felt this when they look at their test and their brain refuses to relinquish any information about what they read the night before. Some are short, like when yelling at your own child and you can’t remember their name. Other kind last much longer; childhood, what childhood, I don’t remember any childhood. …
If I got a penny for how many times I was told, “If you would just relax you would feel better” I wouldn’t need to work for a year. Yes I would love to relax, tell me how…. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/09/19/quick-stress-relief_n_5836426.html Huffington Post shared an interesting article: 13 Ways To Beat Stress In 15 Minutes Or Less…
I was teaching a class on emergency preparedness. As each person walked in the door, I handed them a band aid. After everyone was settled, we started. I asked people to list all of the possible emergencies that can happen. They started rattling off things like losing a job, car accident, lost child, earthquake, flooding,…
We are the generation of stress. Hans Selye gave it a name and description http://www.stress.org/about/hans-selye-birth-of-stress/. He taught us about fight or flight then freeze was added. Taught us about the reptilian brain otherwise known as the amygdala*. Unfortunately, few people read his original work any more. Layers and layers of connotation were added to his…
PTSD - Accepting, Coping, Thriving 