We all have memories that get stuck. I had one of walking down the aisle on my wedding day. It wasn’t a big T trauma, but for me, it was traumatic, and I had a frozen memory of it that …
Tag: Trauma Healing
Integrating Traumatic Experiences
When we have experienced trauma and start to have some of the symptoms of PTSD; flashbacks, increased heart rate, numbness, dissociation etc., we are experiencing fragmented thought processes, emotional responses and bodily sensations. These correspond to three areas of the …
The Top-Down Approach to Healing
Ogden, Pain & Fisher (2006) believe that when โ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐บ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ฑ-๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฏ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐จ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ด๐บ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ต๐ฐ๐ฎ(๐ด) ๐ช๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ๐ต๐ง๐ถ๐ญ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฃ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ต๐ต๐ฐ๐ฎ-๐ถ๐ฑ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ค๐ฆ๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ถ๐ฎ๐ข-๐ณ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ด๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด, ๐ข๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ด๐ข๐ญ, ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ๐น ๐ฆ๐ง๐ง๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ถ๐ฎ๐ข ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ช๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ญ๐บ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ตโ (p.17).โฃโ โฃโ …
Trauma to Transform or Transfer?
n the full version, we had the opportunity to discuss trauma, how it sits in the body, how it can be transformed, and how it is transferred intergenerationally. We also cover attachment theory, different types of trauma, and trauma responses. …
Cyle Breakers Will Often Be Shamed In Their Family
There are many subtle ways the cycle breaker is shamed in the family; I hope the list above is helpful in spotting some of the behaviours. A big thank you to my Instagram community for adding to this list.โฃ โฃ …
Some Valid Needs
Knowing our needs can be difficult when we have been taught that our needs are not important or should be placed after everyone elseโs needs. This is a type of trauma. We are being separated from our most basic instinct, …
Your Trauma Is Valid
These three things will vary depending on the individual. We all start with a different nervous system. We are all in differing social-economic environments, surrounded by varying levels of support. We are all connected to our core or our spirit …
Childhood Trauma and How it Affects Us
Letโs expand the definition of trauma. Historically, we think of trauma as big events that caused stress and shock and impacted your old view of yourself and the world. This is big โTโ trauma. It has become more apparent that …
Trauma Is Also…
When we think about trauma, we usually think about big things; abuse, car accidents, death, etc. But trauma responses are activated by many other things. I have noticed in my practice that people who have not experienced events that we …
Trauma Through Omission
There can be trauma through what was DONE to you, being hit, shouted at, called names when growing up. And then there is trauma through omission, things that you should have experienced that you didnโt. Were your parents attuned to …