Strong Evidence Base
1. Mindfulness Meditation - FREE
- 5-20 minute guided audio/video (in 19 languages): https://www.uclahealth.org/uclamindful/guided-meditations
- Research: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC5747539/
2. Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) - $6,000 to $12,000 w/o insurance
- (STILL VETTING, PROCEED WITH CAUTION) https://tmstherapynearme.com/
- Research: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9193572/
Might (NOT) Help: Weaker Evidence
1. Empowerment Self-Defense (ESD) - $200 to $4000
- Unfortunately, I cannot ethically recommend specific ESD providers due to so many (both non-profits and for profits) charging excessively high hourly fees to victims and survivors.
- By 2027, I will be pilot-testing a low-cost, scalable solution for the entire U.S., and maybe the rest of the world. However, I will also be researching potential negative spillover effects since this has not been researched before. If there are negative spillover effects, I will look for cost-effective ways to mitigate them (e.g. screen out bad actors, etc.) Several ESD practitioners will likely oppose my research efforts because it cuts into their profits. I will likely lose my ESD instructor certification when I announce my study (I am currently training to become an ESD instructor).
- Research: https://scholarworks.uvm.edu/graddis/1848/
(WORK IN PROGRESS. WILL UPDATE THIS BY NEXT WEEK.)
Can you provide a citation for this?
Since most of these are specifically for bipolar disorder, I’m wondering if it would serve others better if it was its own, separate post.
My rationale is that I don’t want people who are seeking resources for bipolar disorder to not be able to find it because it’s nested inside a thread about PTSD, and I don’t want someone who is seeking resources for PTSD to get confused by resources for bipolar disorder.
Let me know what you think.