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 From wound to memory: Healing emotional trauma with EMDR
Many people have experienced emotional trauma as a victim of child abuse, domestic violence, or military combat. Trauma can cause life-long wounds to a person’s mind and spirit, limiting their ability to enjoy life and relationships. It is difficult to be healthy when carrying around the emotional pain of trauma.
Emotionally wounded people live in a painful state of mind because they have never processed the trauma. As a result, they struggle with depression and anger. They often use alcohol or drugs to “help” mask the pain they deal with on a regular basis. When a person has untreated emotional trauma, it is difficult to be a parent, have healthy relationships, finish an education or keep a job.
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Just about everybody would go to the doctor and get professional help if they had an accident and broke a leg, an arm or anything else. It wouldn’t make sense to just limp around in pain, waiting for the bones to heal. Getting medical help would include an examination, cleaning up the wound and supporting the area for the best healing outcome. By doing that, healing is faster and less painful than if you just limped around without help. It’s interesting that many people don’t look at emotional health the same way. When a person is depressed, or experiencing the effects of past or current trauma, there is a wound, like a broken leg, but this wound is in the mind and the spirit.
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Your child’s health - so much more than just shots
Is your child healthy? If your child has not had a full “well child” exam recently, then you don’t really know. Getting your child examined is much more than weighing in and getting shots. When your child sees a medical provider, it should be for an evaluation of all the things that affect your child’s health.
The health of a child is affected by their physical, emotional, and spiritual surroundings. Health is impacted by the affection and love they receive from caregivers, stresses in the family, their ability to make friends, and sense of self esteem. The foods they eat, amount of sleep they get, and amount of regular exercise they have makes a big difference in their overall physical and mental health.
Children that are not healthy have trouble learning, and often have trouble in school. A healthy child learns better, acts better, and is happier with life. A healthy child can connect better with cultural and spiritual traditions.
Emergency Room
Have your child checked regularly at your medical provider’s clinic. If your child is getting sick, go to the clinic as soon as you can so you can avoid a more complicated illness. Do not use the emergency room for your clinic. Call your clinic or insurance on-call number during the night and find out if you need to have your child seen immediately or if it can wait until morning.
Your clinic should have some way to fit in sick children within a day. Talk to your doctor about this. The ER is a waste of your time if the problem can be handled in the clinic. Don’t let lack of insurance keep you from getting health care. The local community clinics are happy to see your child whether you have insurance or not.
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