Be Cautious of Trauma Releasing Health Trends!

Be Cautious of Trauma Releasing Health Trends!

It may be helpful to think of a traumatised nervous system in this way.  Trauma is when your nervous system has become overprotective.  Almost like when you reverse your car and there is a sensor that beeps when you get close to objects.  Following...
What are Implicit and Explicit Memories?

What are Implicit and Explicit Memories?

Is it possible to heal if you are unable to remember traumatic events? When it comes to trauma and PTSD, many people think that there are always vivid flashbacks, lots of painful memories, or disturbing images from the past. But for some people, trauma symptoms are...
Why Does Touch Feel So Hard When You’ve Been Through Trauma?

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 noticed that touch – something that is meant to feel...
How Trauma Impacts Your Brain: The Left and Right Hemisphere Disconnect

How Trauma Impacts Your Brain: The Left and Right Hemisphere Disconnect

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...
Why Yoga and Meditation Could Make Trauma Symptoms Worse

Why Yoga and Meditation Could Make Trauma Symptoms Worse

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...
Trauma and Proprioception

Trauma and Proprioception

Trauma is any distressing event where you feel overwhelmed, powerless or helpless and do not fully use up or reset your instinctive fight, flight, or freeze response. It can happen to anyone. When a human experiences distress such as injury, loss, continually pushing...