you know whenever you’re really emotional or experiencing triggers and you just want to shutdown or lash out? that’s not just something you feel. that’s something literally happening in your brain that makes it very difficult to communicate and process
have compassion with yourself when experiencing a trauma response. have compassion when you come down from one. feelings of guilt and shame, wanting to push the stress response into the shadows, often wash over you. it’s hard to control, so be easy on yourself.
the body is hijacked by trauma, even when your mind knows what it needs to do. the emotional body overrides the logical mind. imagine what type of problem arises for those who overthink? all this energy, hormones, chemicals are sent out to the body, sending you into a disarray
as the author puts it, when these things aren’t processed.. (not just logically, but through the emotional body), then the trauma expresses itself thru your body and mind with various illnesses. “the effects turn into sensations in the body.”
i’m not an expert but after two years of doing the logical side of healing work, i am going through this new stage of healing my body and emotions. it is truly making me feel like i’m back at stage 1. if that’s you, just know that i see you & i feel you so deeply.
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