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  By: Elizabeth McKeehan, LMHC When the Other Shoe Drops…   Surviving the unthinkable. Extreme loss & hard happen.  When multiple tragedies happen all at once or close together what do you do?   What is shoe dropping, much less the other one? Is it even possible in this life to keep both shoes on? Who does it happen to? When does bad happen?   What if more bad happens when things are already bad? What happens in our brains and body? How can we keep moving forward? How can we support those in it?   If Haley Joel Osment’s famous line (from the 1999 movie The Sixth Sense) “I see dead people” has become your mantra of “I see devastating/doom/danger/dreadful/dark/deplorable things”, this may be a sign you have experienced more than your share of compound loss. You may be experiencing PTSD symptoms and your body may be feeling the weight of carrying too much trauma. Notice and pay attention to what your body is saying.   Trauma = Unexpe...

 By: Brian Murray, LMHC, NCC Codependency is a type of behavior that is often used to describe someone who is trying to control the actions and behaviors of others. Often the person who is termed “codependent” is trying to love another but is going about it in a way that creates poor relationship connections. Codependents have an unhealthy reliance and emotional dependence on others, mostly in romantic relationships. This connection is usually based on the codependent’s need to try and fix, rescue and control their partner. The term codependent was originally termed in addiction treatment as the person who is in relationship with the addicted person. They would often be seen as addiction supply either relationally, financially or some other form of enabling behavior such as a place to live. The codependent feels that they can fix the addict, control outcomes or rescue the addicted from themselves. When this happens then the addict will see how wonderful they are and that is...