Trauma - MandyGunter.com https://mandygunter.com Striving for biblical literacy and hope in a broken world. Wed, 05 Jun 2024 03:06:05 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1 https://i0.wp.com/mandygunter.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/cropped-MG-logo.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Trauma - MandyGunter.com https://mandygunter.com 32 32 227822906 Echos in the Valley https://mandygunter.com/echos-in-the-valley/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=echos-in-the-valley Wed, 05 Jun 2024 03:05:59 +0000 https://mandygunter.com/?p=644 I recently found myself in the garden, tending to some flowering bushes I have attempted to grow over the past couple of years. My beloved dog is buried amongst the fragrant gardenias and sweet olive trees. I had Molly for almost 14 years. As college sweethearts, Chris and I took...

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]]> 644 Holding Onto Hospitals and Hope https://mandygunter.com/holding-onto-hospitals-and-hope/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=holding-onto-hospitals-and-hope Fri, 12 Apr 2024 22:41:23 +0000 https://mandygunter.com/?p=559 The last month has been nothing like I planned. We spent almost half a year preparing for a major spinal surgery for my son, whose scoliosis suddenly curved to 100 degrees and was in the beginning stages of compromising his heart and lungs. CJ carries on his small shoulders a...

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]]> 559 Triggers and Therapy https://mandygunter.com/triggers-and-therapy/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=triggers-and-therapy https://mandygunter.com/triggers-and-therapy/#comments Sun, 17 Mar 2024 02:28:54 +0000 https://mandygunter.com/?p=494 Our culture and social media are flooded with language that would have baffled the population a mere decade ago. The trend of therapy and working on the self seems to climb upward every day. I, for one, find it to be a fascinating swing from what was considered the norm...

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]]> https://mandygunter.com/triggers-and-therapy/feed/ 2 494 The Basics of Loving a Traumatized Child https://mandygunter.com/the-basics-of-loving-a-traumatized-child/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-basics-of-loving-a-traumatized-child Sun, 11 Feb 2024 03:07:40 +0000 https://mandygunter.com/?p=312 Childhood and trauma is a sobering paring of words. Events painful enough to cause a wound to the mind and nervous system can rock the strongest adult, but how much more devastating trauma is to a developing child! Statistically, almost every adult in the United States is in some sort...

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]]> 312 What is Trauma? https://mandygunter.com/what-is-trauma/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=what-is-trauma Mon, 29 Jan 2024 04:32:19 +0000 https://mandygunter.com/?p=69 Trauma. It’s the new cultural buzzword. As it gains traction in popularity, it carries with it benefits and potentially harmful outcomes. If we are going to have a discussion about trauma, we should first identify an accurate definition. In his book, The Myth of Normal, Gabor Mate M.D. says, “Trauma...

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