coping method

Reconstruction and Recovery after Emotional or Physical Trauma

At the beginning of August 2009 a serious hail storm hit the rural community where Norm and Neva Quantz have their home office. It was a frightening and violating experience for them. In this video, Norm talks about the trauma they experienced in the middle of the night while golf ball sized hail crashed through their sky lights...

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Avoiding Conflict ~ Healthy or Not?

Very often the solution for dealing with life and conflict is thought to be about staying positive, being happy and upbeat or simply maintaining positive thinking. I believe that just putting conflict aside and avoiding conflict, that itself is often an escape mechanism. When you put conflict aside you reduce the opportunity for...

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Dissociation and Dissociative Identity Disorder

The subject of dissociation and dissociative identity disorder in terms of how people cope with life is quite broad and often misunderstood by general public.In this video I describe how dissociation might begin, how it becomes a necessary escape and how it becomes a hindrance to personal growth. Dissociation is used to cope with the...

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Anxiety ~ Another Coping Method

  In previous videos, I’ve been talking about coping methods and moving from coping to conquering. In this video I talk about anxiety as a coping method. When it becomes evident that something is going on, but often times it isn’t obvious enough for a person to know what it is. Anxiety can show itself outwardly in reactions, physical activity, agitation, barking back, and other...

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When Addictions Interfere With Healthy Living

Addictions can be described as a habit that has become detrimental to a person’s life. There can be an emotional or physiological addiction or a combination of those two. An addiction is something that is causing interference with healthy living and enjoying life and is now in control of the person. It is confusing when a person realizes they have lost control but can’t understand why. Why...

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