Triple5Light Therapy

#Divorce #Split #Seperation #Parents #Marriage #Children  It isn’t news that growing up with divorced parents has an impact on our psychological and emotional lives. It’s already well-known that children of divorce are more likely to end up in a broken marriage of their own as adults. It’s also known that the earlier in one’s life that they experience the divorce/separation of their parents, the greater impact it tends to have. Divorce can have an impact on various dynamic processes in one’s life. One such process I have seen with adults who grew up as children of divorced parents is an internal split that can actually develop as a response to divorce. It’s almost as if there is a constant struggle inside of oneself between two opposite worlds that seem unable to be reconciled (an internal mirror of the divorced parents). Consider it a form of “grass is greener” syndrome, or, “too country for the city, but too city for the country.” There are two (or multiple) entities dwellin...

Photo by: David Kelly / For The Times #ArkansasCity #Kansas #WSU #AncientSettlement #Etzanoa #SouthCentralKansas Of all the places to discover a lost city, this pleasing little community seems an unlikely candidate. There are no vine-covered temples or impenetrable jungles here — just an old-fashioned downtown, a drug store that serves up root beer floats and rambling houses along shady brick lanes. Yet there’s always been something — something just below the surface. Locals have long scoured fields and river banks for arrowheads and bits of pottery, amassing huge collections. Then there were those murky tales of a sprawling city on the Great Plains and a chief who drank from a goblet of gold. A few years ago, Donald Blakeslee, an anthropologist and archaeology professor at  Wichita State University , began piecing things together. And what he’s found has spurred a rethinking of traditional views on the early settlement of the Midwest, while potentially filling...

#Abilify #Antidepressants #Antipsychotics #BigPharma #Psychoactivedrugs Mass psychosis in the US Has America become a nation of psychotics? You would certainly think so, based on the explosion in the use of antipsychotic medications. In 2008, with over $14 billion in sales, antipsychotics became the single top-selling therapeutic class of prescription drugs in the United States, surpassing drugs used to treat high cholesterol and acid reflux. Once upon a time, antipsychotics were reserved for a relatively small number of patients with hard-core psychiatric diagnoses - primarily schizophrenia and bipolar disorder - to treat such symptoms as delusions, hallucinations, or formal thought disorder. Today, it seems, everyone is taking antipsychotics. Parents are told that their unruly kids are, in fact, bipolar and in need of anti-psychotics, while old people with dementia are dosed, in large numbers, with drugs once reserved largely for schizophrenics. Americans with symptoms ranging...

#Perfection #Perfectionism #Procrastination #Disappointment #Triple5LightTherapy #BlackTherapist #Therapy   The Adverse Effects of Perfectionism Perfection may seem noble, but it can do more damage than good when pursued obsessively. Let’s take a look at seven possible tragic outcomes of perfectionism. Stress: Striving for perfection creates enormous psychic pressure that can trigger psychosomatic symptoms such as chronic fatigue, anxiety, and restlessness. Procrastination: Deadlines come and go; nothing ever feels good enough. You fail to complete projects; you’re never content with your work. Eventually, if satisfaction remains elusive, you may abandon your efforts entirely. Disappointment: Your self-esteem takes a big hit with so many incomplete tasks and critical thoughts. You rarely experience the esteem-boosting burst of satisfaction and pride that comes with a well-done job. Self-critical thoughts: You fault yourself relentlessly. Chronic self-criticism fuels anxiety and h...

#LosAngeles #SafeParking #Homelessness #SafeParkingProgram  #RVs  #Cars  In Los Angeles County, there are over 15,700 people living in their vehicles each night.  These vehicle dwellers represent over 25% of the population of people experiencing homelessness in LA County. Safe Parking programs are a safe and legal homelessness intervention to stabilize and connect to resources for people who are living in their vehicles. All program locations include access to a restroom facility and the security of a guard. Please begin the application by filling out the interest form You can call / text  213-793-8493. In addition to providing a safe place to sleep, the Safe Parking program also provides access to services. "We have demonstrated our ability to provide these services and help connect families - not just with safe parking facilities for overnight parking but more importantly, connecting them to resources that are helping to facilitate that into housi...

#BlackPanther #WakandaForever #AngelaBassett  #MichaelaCole  #WinstonDuke #TenochHuertaMejía #LetitiaWright  #LupitaNyongo What is grief? Grief is a natural response to loss. It’s the emotional suffering you feel when something or someone you love is taken away. Often, the pain of loss can feel overwhelming. You may experience difficult and unexpected emotions, from shock or anger to disbelief, guilt, and profound sadness. The pain of grief can also disrupt your physical health, making it difficult to sleep, eat, or even think straight. These are normal reactions to loss—the more significant the loss, the more intense your grief will be. Coping with the loss of someone or something you love is one of life’s biggest challenges. You may associate grieving with the death of a loved one—which is often the cause of the most intense type of grief—but any loss can cause grief, including: Divorce or relationship breakup Loss of health Losing a job Loss of financial stability A mi...

#DomesticViolence #sexualviolence #stalking Anger #intimatepartnerviolence #posttraumaticstressdisorder #STI, #Cycleofviolence #MentalHealth #Triple5LightTherapy #BlackMaleTherapist Domestic Violence Facts and Statistics On average, nearly 20 people per minute are physically abused by an intimate partner in the United States. During one year, this equates to more than 10 million women and men. 1 1 in 4 women and 1 in 9 men experience severe intimate partner physical violence, intimate partner contact sexual violence, and/or intimate partner stalking with impacts such as injury, fearfulness, post-traumatic stress disorder, use of victim services, contraction of sexually transmitted diseases, etc. 2 1 in 3 women and 1 in 4 men have experienced some form of physical violence by an intimate partner.   This includes a range of behaviors (e.g. slapping, shoving, pushing) and in some cases might not be considered "domestic violence."  1 1 in 7 women and 1 in 25 men have been inj...