by Manya Chylinski | Aug 16, 2019 | Corporate Resiliency, Mental health, Resiliency, Workplace
Trauma survivors can experience a wide variety of symptoms. As a colleague or supervisor, you may recognize some of these, and there are others you just can’t quite put your finger on. However, even if you can’t pinpoint their symptoms, you likely can recognize how...
by Manya Chylinski | Aug 13, 2019 | Mental health, Post-Traumatic Stress, Resiliency, Self-efficacy
It can be difficult for someone to pinpoint that the overwhelming feelings they’re experiencing are, indeed, the result of trauma. Because of this, someone standing on the outside, no matter how close a friend or family member, may be unaware of the survivor’s...
by Manya Chylinski | Aug 6, 2019 | Mental health, Post-Traumatic Stress, Resiliency
Trauma. Just six inoffensive letters, from the Greek word for wound, developing in the late 17th century into the English word we now recognize. In the dictionary, the basic definition of trauma is an injury. In the medical field, it’s further defined as a physical...
by Manya Chylinski | Feb 11, 2019 | Mental health, Post-Traumatic Stress, Resiliency
Our attitudes toward mental health are interesting. It’s really just one aspect of our overall condition, along with physical health. In fact, some dictionaries even define the word health as: a person’s mental or physical condition. Yet on some levels, we...
by Manya Chylinski | Feb 4, 2019 | Mental health, Post-Traumatic Stress, Resiliency
Events like a storm or a flood ruin possessions and destroy homes, schools, and businesses. Events like terrorist attacks and other crimes destroy property and kill and maim individuals. Those are the stories we hear on the news. What we usually don’t hear is...
