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The fact that the word “trauma” has been used to describe both physical and mental damage has been a key part of my theory of how the molecules of emotion integrate what we feel at every level of what I’ve called our bodymind. As a practical manner, people have a hard time discriminating between physical and mental pain. So often we are “stuck” in an unpleasant emotional event – a trauma – from the past that is stored at every level of our nervous system and even on the cellular level (i.e. cells that are constantly becoming and renewing the nervous system). My laboratory research has suggested that all of the senses, sight, sound, smell, taste and touch are filtered, and memories stored, through the molecules of emotions, mostly the neuropeptides and their receptors, at every level of the bodymind.
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As a crisis counselor for suicidal individuals, survivors of trauma and violence, and also those in the extreme discomfort of dangerous mental illness (in Maine) I have grown disenchanted with the limited approaches of medication and talk therapgy – also cognitive behavioral therapy – in the absence of examing the entire spectrum of biosocial influences on the individual. Usually lack of self care – from build up of too much steroids? – is a precursor to behaviors which seem to be systemated responses to external conditions.
For example. men and women who succeed at suicide do so for different reasons – men who kill themselves are more likely to do so because of money worries. Another exemple: most suicidal patients who end up in the ER and are bipolar will report not having eating much protein in the past three weeks. We need to look at social networks. esteem and other self-perctions, dieat, sleep, and exercise, but also level of “exposure” to norms of momentary experience – sensations and perceptions which are entire;y everyday:
The feel of fresh air, or moving air. The feeling of temporal light. A conversation. Silence. Mindful spatial perception. A feeling of something greater than onself. That one’s life matters.
Dr. Pert I am researching two books along these lines. I have completed rigorous research and would be happy to share results and evaluate directions for discussion.
Thank you do much for your great and continuing advances in Complementary Medicine and drug therapies. Very, very best wishes.
Your perspective is very interesting and important. Good luck with your books!
I purchased Candace’s new chakra affirmation CD yesterday but received no information regarding when I might expect shipment. Not sure how to best contact you.
Your CD has been sent and you should have received it by now. I hope you enjoy it! Let me know.
Dear Dr. Pert: Good afternoon. My name is Randy Alan Inkles. I live and work in Philadelphia. I am a former pediatrician, who went on, to to obtain my degrees in adult and child and adolescent psychiatry. I work, at The Saint Christopher’s Hospital for Children in Phila., Pa.. My brother is Cliff Inkles, D.C., in NYC. Throughout my life, my younger brother has been a constant source of strength and inspiration for me.Having sustained numerous acute, subacute and chronic biopsychosocial stressors in my life, Cliff has constantly provided a source of strength, on a multimodal level for me. I am also, proud, that my brother knows you, in a number of capacities. I follow your work, and respect your contributions, to my field of medicine. Thank you for your lucid writings, and clarity of thought. I am just a brother, writing, a note to a very special person, in my brothers’ world, Sincerely, Randy
Dear Randy~
A friend was asking me the other day “what is bodywork? do you mean massage? Spinal Analysis is a form of bodywork involving light touching along the back and neck to evocative emotional music while encouraging stretching and other movements, for exampe “the wave”. Somehow the process which was discovered more than thirty years ago leads to more body awareness, comfort, and enhanced breathing originating at dfferent spinal levels. That’s how I perceive it. Please don’t ask me more about how it works as I don’t have the answers–I have not even fully described it. It’s contemporary, dynamic, evolving and often practiced with more than one client “on the table” in the same room. There is an uncanny tendency for people’s reactions (sighing, laughing, etc) to elicit reactions in the others, like a violin string plucked evokes music from other stringed intstruments resonating in the room. In any case, this bodywork is amazing. Cliff Inkles is one of then best practitioners in the world and you are indeed very lucky to have him as a brother! I have written about my profound personal experiences with bodywork in my newer book Everything You Need to Know to Feel Good. Col how you went from treating the young body as
a pediatrician and evolved to treating the young mind as a psychiatrist. YOU should write a book!~Warmly, Candace
God help me, I put aside a whole afternoon to figure this out.
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OK..now I am even more intrigued. I have been considering going to college for quite some time now and really am interested in psychiatric nursing. I would love to do that or become a counselor , with a focus on PTSD. I know there are a lot of new developments in PTSD research and this seems to tie in. I look forward to reading your books!
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