Originally published on amyoes.com on February 16, 2016 By Amy Oestreicher. You know the Joni Mitchell song that says, “Don’t it always seem to go that you don’t know what you’ve got till it’s gone?” Well ,that doesn’t make for a very present life, does it? Creativity, connection, soul, inspiration…
Originally published on Amyoes.com on December 28, 2015 By Amy Oestreicher. What is it about trauma that makes us continually panic after the trauma is over? I’m reading Waking the Tiger by Peter Levine again to further understand why a danger that is no longer present can have an affect…
Originally published on the Huffington Post on December 11, 2015 By Amy Oestreicher. When I speak at colleges about my own story of sexual abuse, I never forget how difficult it was for me to even speak the words, “I was sexually abused.” It took me an even longer time…
Originally published on Harvard T.H. Chan on November 17, 2015 By Karen Feldscher. Karestan Koenen, professor of psychiatric epidemiology at Harvard Chan School, is an expert on post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), a psychological reaction that occurs after a high-stress event and includes symptoms such as depression, anxiety, and flashbacks. Here, Koenen…
