“Why Does Touch Feel So Hard When You’ve Been Through Trauma?”

“Why Does Touch Feel So Hard When You’ve Been Through Trauma?”

by | Feb 12, 2025 | Anxiety, Body-centred, Confidence, Depression, Dysregulation, Embodiment, Healing, Nervous System, Polyvagal, Psychotherapist, Psychotherapy, Regulation, Self Compassion, Self-Care, Self-Esteem, Somatic, Somatic Therapy, Stress, Stress Relief, Therapy, Trauma, Vagus, Vagus Nerve

“Why Does Touch Feel So Hard When You’ve Been Through Trauma?” Do you flinch when your partner reaches out to touch you or hug you?  Maybe you’ve lost all interest in physical affection.  This is not uncommon if you’ve experienced trauma.  You may have...
How Trauma Impacts Your Brain: Understanding the Left and Right Hemisphere Disconnect

How Trauma Impacts Your Brain: Understanding the Left and Right Hemisphere Disconnect

by | Jan 12, 2025 | Anxiety, Body-centred, Burnout, Depression, Dysregulation, Embodiment, Healing, Nervous System, Polyvagal, Psychotherapist, Psychotherapy, Regulation, Somatic, Stress Relief, Therapy, Trauma, Wellbeing

Traumatic events can change how your brain works, leaving you feeling broken and disconnected as though your mind and body are no longer in sync. How can you tell when this is happening to you? Have you ever had a traumatic experience, but when you talk about it, it...
Understanding Trauma: How the Freeze Response Affects Healing and Recovery

Understanding Trauma: How the Freeze Response Affects Healing and Recovery

by | Sep 12, 2024 | Healing, Body-centred, Burnout, Chronic Pain, Depression, Digestive disorders, Dysregulation, Embodiment, Nervous System, Polyvagal, Psychotherapist, Regulation, Trauma

Understanding Trauma: How the Freeze Response Affects Healing and Recovery When your survival brain interprets your experience as too much; when you can’t communicate or take action, this is known as the freeze state. Your survival responses (fight/flight/freeze)...
Why Yoga and Meditation Could Make Trauma Symptoms Worse

Why Yoga and Meditation Could Make Trauma Symptoms Worse

by | Aug 12, 2024 | Trauma, Anxiety, Body-centred, Breathwork, Depression, Dysregulation, Embodiment, Healing, Nervous System, Polyvagal, Psychotherapy, Regulation, Self Compassion, Self-Care, Somatic, Somatic Therapy, Stress Relief, Therapy, Vagus, Vagus Nerve

You are feeling stressed and anxious so you try to “do the right thing” and go to a Yoga class or do Mindfulness meditation, but it just seems to make you feel worse and more anxious. If you’ve had this experience, please know there is nothing wrong with you.  It...