#traumabrain

Watched this and it explains something a lot of people struggle with but rarely understand. It breaks down how a stressed or traumatized brain can stay in “alert mode” even when nothing is happening, which is why rest feels uncomfortable instead of relaxing. It also shows how overthinking, guilt while resting, and constant mental noise are not random, but learned survival responses. Makes you look at your own patterns differently without making it overly dramatic.

A good friend tweeted this and I wanted to pass it along @garbagebagsuitcase These two states of mind cannot exist at the same time. Can you relate to them? #traumabrain #traumainformedcare #traumainformed #executivefunctioning #socialemotionallearning #leadershipdevelopment #emotionalintelligence #selfawareness https://www.instagram.com/p/CllOkS3OWJi/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

The #traumabrain is trying to #protect you but also making life difficult for you. But #itgetsbetter with #therapy ! #psychoanalysis #psychotherapy #counselling #gedlingcounsellor #nottinghamcounselling #ng4 (at Elaine Bond Counselling Services) https://www.instagram.com/p/B8V_rw6lEaw/?igshid=1ae9wgqeueqxx

Brains that fire together wire together. Help you’re traumatized child heal brain and body. Learn more at traumatoolbox.com #traumabrain #trauma #traumahealing #traumainformed #familyhealer (at Cambria, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/B78uGOpgkNC/?igshid=vv80hrpvu8ls

“You’re beautiful even when you cry..” he said. . . I recorded a video for my father when he asked me what was wrong. It never went through. And still this video refuses to be seen by anyone. It was recorded may 3rd after one of the worst panic attacks I have ever encountered. . . I recorded the video in hopes that talking it through would help me to come out of the mass amounts of physical pain. The breakdown started because I had this idea that “If I have nothing positive to share, then why be around at all?” . . I’ve always been a loner. Trying to connect in this world has always been a challenge for me. I think too much. I feel too much. And those whom I love and thought were my pack have always left me in confusion. When I do receive answers, they do not come nicely. And in turn I’m done being a Target for bullshit. . . Happy selfies come when happy things happen. Happy selfies never come as a result of those who claim to love me and then continue to treat me like shit. #fromtheotherside #emotionalabuse #traumabrain #ptsd #mentalillness #overcoming #cryitout #release #justbreathe https://www.instagram.com/p/BycMPXMHHiW/?igshid=8sb17usqu3gw

Have you found that #childhoodsexualabuse keeps you believing you have to be perfect? I did. It’s taken a long time to understand that I aimed to be perfect in the hope that the abuse would stop. If I was perfect no one would yell at me, no one would get hit, and we could all be a happy family. It’s the hardest thing in the world as a child to not understand what the heck is going on around you. Why are the big people not happy? And the hardest aspect at times is that we keep focused on being perfect as adults not knowing that we are operating by default in survival mode/survival brain, or as I’ve come to call it my #traumabrain. Why? Because even when everything is going super well, I”m happy and content there’s some unknown trigger my brain perceives and it’ll click over into #anxiety. I’ve had to learn to recognise and acknowledge I’m safe, breathe through the anxiety and tell my brain I’m safe. Fortunately our brains are plastic and create new neural pathways, thereby making the times the I get triggered further and further apart. How are you going with your triggers? Are you still feeling wounded and caught up in the survivor cycle? Can you recognise that you are indeed worthy of love and belonging? It took me a long time to understand and feel that I have worth. I am valuable. My contribution each day in life matters. We truly do need each other to do life together. Without the love and support we give each other life is bland, and can certainly feel bleak. Let’s do life together. Feel welcome to join our FB Mental Health Tribe where we do life together globally <3 #togetherwecan #thesoullady #sexualabuse #childhoodsexualabuse #anxietyhelp #depressionhelp #ptsdhelp

Have you found that #childhoodsexualabuse keeps you believing you have to be perfect? I did. It’s taken a long time to understand that I aimed to be perfect in the hope that the abuse would stop. If I was perfect no one would yell at me, no one would get hit, and we could all be a happy family. It’s the hardest thing in the world as a child to not understand what the heck is going on around you. Why are the big people not happy? And the hardest aspect at times is that we keep focused on being perfect as adults not knowing that we are operating by default in survival mode/survival brain, or as I’ve come to call it my #traumabrain. Why? Because even when everything is going super well, I”m happy and content there’s some unknown trigger my brain perceives and it’ll click over into #anxiety. I’ve had to learn to recognise and acknowledge I’m safe, breathe through the anxiety and tell my brain I’m safe. Fortunately our brains are plastic and create new neural pathways, thereby making the times the I get triggered further and further apart. How are you going with your triggers? Are you still feeling wounded and caught up in the survivor cycle? Can you recognise that you are indeed worthy of love and belonging? It took me a long time to understand and feel that I have worth. I am valuable. My contribution each day in life matters. We truly do need each other to do life together. Without the love and support we give each other life is bland, and can certainly feel bleak. Let’s do life together. Feel welcome to join our FB Mental Health Tribe where we do life together globally <3 #togetherwecan #thesoullady #sexualabuse #childhoodsexualabuse #anxietyhelp #depressionhelp #ptsdhelp