“Wild animals go through traumatic events all the time, but they [usually] don't develop PTSD. Domestic animals might, but wild animals don't. Why?” Elizabeth Stanley
This is a short excerpt from her free video presentation Why You Can’t Just ‘Push Through’ Stress—And What Actually Works Instead.
Producer Sounds True summarizes: "In this free video session, you'll learn about:
* A Closer Look at the “Fight-Flight-Freeze” Response - Why animals in the wild experience traumatic events all the time...
* “Ignore the Stress and Just Keep Pushing” - How our human thinking brain thwarts the survival brain’s natural ability to recover from stressful events and situations
* Corrupted Memory Capsules - Why unresolved traumatic memories can cause chronic anxiety, depression, insomnia, and other symptoms—as well as how we can resolve these memory capsules
* Reclaiming Your Ability to Thrive Under Stress - How to turn on your innate ability to recover and stop your thinking brain from overriding the process…and more."
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Note - my old title - "Wild animals don't get PTSD but humans do. Why?" - does not reflect some research Dr. Stanley may not be aware of.
But her programs are designed to help us humans better understand and deal with stress and trauma.
Excerpt from her much longer video:
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Elizabeth Stanley, PhD is a Georgetown University professor and creator of Mindfulness-based Mind Fitness Training (MMFT), taught to thousands in civilian and military high-stress environments. MMFT research has been featured on 60 Minutes, the ABC Evening News, NPR, and in Time magazine. A U.S. Army veteran with service in Asia and Europe, she holds degrees from Yale, Harvard, and MIT.
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