Today’s One-on-One is with Shoshana Chaim. Shosh and her husband, Adam, are co-f0unders of Plant Trainers which advocates a plant-based lifestyle. Today they discuss mental health…depression and post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
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POST TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER
- Traumatic stress event began at the beginning of Shosh’s second pregnancy when she found out that Adam had a tumor
- Went to hypnotist to help her with crippling anxiety and depression
- Was told she had PTSD
- Hypnotist had her go back 5 years to when trauma started
ANGER AND WOMEN
- Have to find source of stress and figure out how to resolve it
- Hard on marriage
- Shosh found herself being mean to Adam when she is normally quite passive
- Women need to be strong and stick together
IS IT OK TO GO ON MEDICATION
- Shosh realized she needed to go on meds to be emotionally healthy
- She does want to find more natural ways and eventually decrease or go off meds
- Alternative medicine, such as acupuncture can help
