An injection of cortisol shortly after exposure to a traumatic event could prevent the onset of PTSD.

Prof. Joseph Zohar from the Sackler Medical School, Tel Aviv University, has found that an injection of cortisol shortly after exposure to a traumatic event could prevent the onset of PTSD.

What a brilliant idea! Why wait for symptoms of PTSD to debilitate a person when prevention can address and effectively eliminate the problem altogether. Further, as inoculated trauma victims are returned to their families and societies, they are more likely to be more productive, better able to cope with their home environments, and quicker to adjust to later possible traumas.

Dr. Zohar’s idea of an injection shortly after exposure could backfire for those people susceptible to cortisol build-up or who’s bodies don’t process cortisol well. Many overweight people have difficulty processing the stress hormone and thus their bodies collect body fat instead of dealing with stress properly.

I propose that those exposed to traumatic events instead, use a quick de-stress process like RET or EFT to better utilize the cortisol they already have. In those cases where cortisol injections might be especially useful, I propose they be accompanied by RET or EFT sessions so that the cortisol is better utilized.

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Success or failure – it’s all in the perspective.

A troubled man made an appointment with a rabbi. He was a wise and gentle rabbi. “Rabbi,” said the man, wringing his hands, “I’m a failure. More than half the time I do not succeed in doing what I know I must.”

“Oh,” murmured the rabbi.

“Please say something wise, rabbi,” pleaded the man. After much pondering, the rabbi replied, “Ah, my son, I give you this bit of wisdom: Go and look on page 930 of The New York Times Almanac for the year 1970, and maybe you will find peace of mind.”

Confused by such strange advice, the troubled man went to the library to look up the source. And this is what he found – the lifetime batting averages for the world’s greatest baseball players. Ty Cobb, the greatest slugger of them all, had a lifetime average of .367. Even the King of Swat, Babe Ruth, didn’t do that well.

So the man returned to the rabbi and questioned, “Ty Cobb, .367. That’s it?”

“Correct,” countered the rabbi. “Ty Cobb, .367. He got a hit once out of every three times at bat. He did’t even hit .500. So what do you expect already?”

“Aha,” said the man, who thought he was a wretched failure because he succeeded only half the time at what he must do.

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Trauma affects people in different ways.

A University at Buffalo study, published in the Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, compared the progress of 3,000 people who took different approaches over two years following the 9/11 attacks. It found people initially unwilling to talk were less likely to be adversely affected by the trauma two years later.

“We should be telling people there is likely nothing wrong if they do not want to express their thoughts and feelings after experiencing a collective trauma. In fact, they can cope quite successfully and, according to our results, are likely to be better off than someone who does want to express his or her feelings,” said Dr Mark Seery, University at Buffalo. The popular belief is that talking out your feelings is the best thing to do after a trauma experience. This study suggests that for many this may not be the best approach. Read the rest of this entry »

Read the labels carefully. They’re regulated because they can kill you!

How many times have you heard or seen on TV the glowing reports of some miracle drug that is supposed to cure what ails you? And, along with the report/advertisement is a long list of side effects and possible conflicts with other meds or conditions. “Side effects include… [long list of sometimes life-threatening side effects]…” An example of serious side effects are those found with usage of anticonvulsant medications that may be associated with increased risk of suicide*.

The reason we can’t just “make a pill for that” is because we don’t yet understand enough about the physical body to interact with it in unnatural ways – like medication – without disturbing a functioning system (even when that system is mal-functioning).

I am SO grateful that we have medications for so many things that used to kill folks young (well, younger than me, anyway!). Without “miracle” drugs, those with a ruptured appendix would have died instead of recovered. The flu would have killed millions each year. Smallpox, polio, dengue and other deadly diseases would run rampant and decimate humanity. We owe much to the pharmaceutical industry.

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