SPARKMAN MENTAL HEALTH

Trauma impedes your memory while affecting your peripheral nervous system.  Trauma creates both episodic and emotional memory.

A proactive approach to addressing this must be intentional and monitored continuously. Compliance education and continual training on how effectively to deal with emotional abuse in the workplace are critical to that business. Policies, zero tolerance and documentation/discipline, and sometimes termination of those who perpetrate/support this type of behavior.

“Mama, what are you gonna do when I die? You gon’ cry?” What a question. “What do you think I will be when I get grown?” “A Man of God, a powerful preacher, or anything else you want to be…” I said. “I don’t know, Mama. I don’t think imma get grown.” What a response. Whoever thinks that their child will die before them? Not me. You could not have paid me to believe it. But my son did. And I think he knew he would.

Marty, what led you to start UnGUN? I started UnGUN as a trauma response program for children who were experiencing overwhelming feel­ings about the unrest of Ferguson. I wanted to provide a chance for children to express themselves as they healed through the arts. What has been a couple of your greatest rewards for building this organization? Two of my greatest rewards have been seeing UnGUN help individuals experience immediate relief from the system.

It is important for us to realize that we serve a Holistic God who is concerned about every component of our lives. H e cares about the physical, emotional, spiritual, and mental components of our lives.