Joel Mwakasege's articles Trauma A Powerful Key that Resolves Severe Effects of Trauma on The Body Effects of trauma on the body for traumatized people cause them to feel chronically unsafe inside their bodies: The past is alive in the form of gnawing interior discomfort. “Their bodies are constantly bombarded by visceral warning signs, and, in an attempt to control these processes, they often become experts at numbing awareness of what is […] Written by Joel Mwakasege March 23, 2021March 23, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Heal How to Heal Emotional Trauma Stored In the Body (Plus, a Useful Suggestion that Strikes the Balance) Emotional trauma impedes the capacity to decern what is going on inside the body. This causes you to be out of touch with your needs. Trouble to take care of yourself, whether it involves eating the right amount at the right time, getting enough sleep, or lack of a nuanced response to frustration, not discerning […] Written by Joel Mwakasege February 20, 2021February 22, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Heal 3 Subtle Signs of Emotional Trauma Disruptions On Our Mental health Being able to feel safe with other people is probably the single most important aspect of mental health; safe connections are fundamental to meaningful and satisfying lives. To people who have signs of emotional trauma disruptions, nothing makes sense; they are trapped in a life-or-death situation, a state of paralyzing fear or blind rage. Signs […] Written by Joel Mwakasege February 2, 2021February 2, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Heal The Importance of Social Support in Health and Wellness The importance of social support in health and wellness does not come from isolating oneself into a narrowly defined victim group. Extreme isolation only promotes a view of others as irrelevant at best and dangerous at worst, which eventually only leads to further alienation. Gangs, extremist political parties, and religious cults may provide solace. But […] Written by Joel Mwakasege January 27, 2021January 27, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Heal How to Recover from Emotional Trauma How to recover from emotional trauma is laborious and as long as the trauma is not resolved, the stress hormones that the body secretes to protect itself keep circulating, and the defensive movements and emotional responses keep getting replayed. The overwhelming experience is split off and fragmented, so that the emotions, sounds, images, thoughts, and […] Written by Joel Mwakasege January 21, 2021January 26, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Heal 5 Causes of Psychological Disorders Causes of psychological disorders remain ever elusive. But occasionally psychological problems occur; When our internal signals don’t work, When our maps don’t lead us where we need to go, When we are too paralyzed to move, When our actions do not correspond to our needs, When our relationships break down. If you feel safe and […] Written by Joel Mwakasege January 15, 2021January 18, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Life The Additional Reason Why It Takes Longer to Heal Traumatic Experiences Being traumatized means continuing to organize your life as if the traumatic experiences were still going on. Unchanged and immutable as every new encounter or event is contaminated by the past. To heal is when you realize and remember “that was then and this is now,” rather than reliving the experience over and over. The […] Written by Joel Mwakasege January 15, 2021January 15, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Interview How to Live with a Chronic Illness, Featuring Sara Norrad Joel. Talk to me about your life from kindergarten. Sarah Norrad. I think my first memory of kindergarten was crying, crying because my mom had left. So that was a shocking experience for me to not be with my mother. I do think it’s a hard moment, for the child and the parent when it’s […] Written by Joel Mwakasege January 12, 2021January 13, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Heal Mental Health Healing Process is More than What You Think It’s difficult. The work can take a lot of energy. If you could have solved these problems easily, I’m sure you would have done it already. And to make matters even trickier, problems with feelings often include a layer of guilt or shame. Unlike most other medical problems, when it comes to the mental health […] Written by Joel Mwakasege December 4, 2020December 4, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Creativity Writing How the Community Helped Me Edit 19,293 Words I have an upcoming magazine on healing. I wrote it in accumulative sessions. It combines transcripts from interviews and personal stories. At the start, it was 19,293 words, edited to 18,742 words. The Cause for Requesting Help The magazine additionally needed design and marketing. I was to do them both. Yet, I had other commitments […] Written by Joel Mwakasege October 29, 2020October 29, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Subscribers How I Designed a Magazine on a Budget I have an entry-level design background. This experience comes with its advantages. To hint that which seems easy to me, might not be so for you. But at times. The experience causes me to overestimate my abilities. Written by Joel Mwakasege September 16, 2020September 16, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Subscribers A Short Email Course on Good Writing for 21 Days A good writer uses simple and clear language. She is not afraid to speak her mind. When she writes, she is not trying to be a “writer.” She is herself, and her readers follow her everywhere. She is intentional about her decisions. She knows that unoriginality is the enemy of good writing. She understands the […] Written by Joel Mwakasege September 7, 2020January 30, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Loading Load more
Trauma A Powerful Key that Resolves Severe Effects of Trauma on The Body Effects of trauma on the body for traumatized people cause them to feel chronically unsafe inside their bodies: The past is alive in the form of gnawing interior discomfort. “Their bodies are constantly bombarded by visceral warning signs, and, in an attempt to control these processes, they often become experts at numbing awareness of what is […] Written by Joel Mwakasege March 23, 2021March 23, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Heal How to Heal Emotional Trauma Stored In the Body (Plus, a Useful Suggestion that Strikes the Balance) Emotional trauma impedes the capacity to decern what is going on inside the body. This causes you to be out of touch with your needs. Trouble to take care of yourself, whether it involves eating the right amount at the right time, getting enough sleep, or lack of a nuanced response to frustration, not discerning […] Written by Joel Mwakasege February 20, 2021February 22, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Heal 3 Subtle Signs of Emotional Trauma Disruptions On Our Mental health Being able to feel safe with other people is probably the single most important aspect of mental health; safe connections are fundamental to meaningful and satisfying lives. To people who have signs of emotional trauma disruptions, nothing makes sense; they are trapped in a life-or-death situation, a state of paralyzing fear or blind rage. Signs […] Written by Joel Mwakasege February 2, 2021February 2, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Heal The Importance of Social Support in Health and Wellness The importance of social support in health and wellness does not come from isolating oneself into a narrowly defined victim group. Extreme isolation only promotes a view of others as irrelevant at best and dangerous at worst, which eventually only leads to further alienation. Gangs, extremist political parties, and religious cults may provide solace. But […] Written by Joel Mwakasege January 27, 2021January 27, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Heal How to Recover from Emotional Trauma How to recover from emotional trauma is laborious and as long as the trauma is not resolved, the stress hormones that the body secretes to protect itself keep circulating, and the defensive movements and emotional responses keep getting replayed. The overwhelming experience is split off and fragmented, so that the emotions, sounds, images, thoughts, and […] Written by Joel Mwakasege January 21, 2021January 26, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Heal 5 Causes of Psychological Disorders Causes of psychological disorders remain ever elusive. But occasionally psychological problems occur; When our internal signals don’t work, When our maps don’t lead us where we need to go, When we are too paralyzed to move, When our actions do not correspond to our needs, When our relationships break down. If you feel safe and […] Written by Joel Mwakasege January 15, 2021January 18, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Life The Additional Reason Why It Takes Longer to Heal Traumatic Experiences Being traumatized means continuing to organize your life as if the traumatic experiences were still going on. Unchanged and immutable as every new encounter or event is contaminated by the past. To heal is when you realize and remember “that was then and this is now,” rather than reliving the experience over and over. The […] Written by Joel Mwakasege January 15, 2021January 15, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Interview How to Live with a Chronic Illness, Featuring Sara Norrad Joel. Talk to me about your life from kindergarten. Sarah Norrad. I think my first memory of kindergarten was crying, crying because my mom had left. So that was a shocking experience for me to not be with my mother. I do think it’s a hard moment, for the child and the parent when it’s […] Written by Joel Mwakasege January 12, 2021January 13, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Heal Mental Health Healing Process is More than What You Think It’s difficult. The work can take a lot of energy. If you could have solved these problems easily, I’m sure you would have done it already. And to make matters even trickier, problems with feelings often include a layer of guilt or shame. Unlike most other medical problems, when it comes to the mental health […] Written by Joel Mwakasege December 4, 2020December 4, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Creativity Writing How the Community Helped Me Edit 19,293 Words I have an upcoming magazine on healing. I wrote it in accumulative sessions. It combines transcripts from interviews and personal stories. At the start, it was 19,293 words, edited to 18,742 words. The Cause for Requesting Help The magazine additionally needed design and marketing. I was to do them both. Yet, I had other commitments […] Written by Joel Mwakasege October 29, 2020October 29, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Subscribers How I Designed a Magazine on a Budget I have an entry-level design background. This experience comes with its advantages. To hint that which seems easy to me, might not be so for you. But at times. The experience causes me to overestimate my abilities. Written by Joel Mwakasege September 16, 2020September 16, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Subscribers A Short Email Course on Good Writing for 21 Days A good writer uses simple and clear language. She is not afraid to speak her mind. When she writes, she is not trying to be a “writer.” She is herself, and her readers follow her everywhere. She is intentional about her decisions. She knows that unoriginality is the enemy of good writing. She understands the […] Written by Joel Mwakasege September 7, 2020January 30, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
