{"id":741,"date":"2019-05-12T21:09:41","date_gmt":"2019-05-12T21:09:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/butterflyeffectscounseling.com\/?page_id=741"},"modified":"2019-05-12T21:09:42","modified_gmt":"2019-05-12T21:09:42","slug":"trauma","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/butterflyeffectscounseling.com\/?page_id=741","title":{"rendered":"Trauma"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"313\" height=\"438\" src=\"http:\/\/butterflyeffectscounseling.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/butterfly-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-743\" srcset=\"http:\/\/butterflyeffectscounseling.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/butterfly-1.png 313w, http:\/\/butterflyeffectscounseling.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/butterfly-1-214x300.png 214w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 313px) 100vw, 313px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>\u201cTraumatized people chronically feel\nunsafe in their bodies: The past is alive in the form of gnawing interior\ndiscomfort. Their bodies are constantly bombarded by visceral warning signs,\nand, in an attempt to control these processes, they often become expert at\nignoring their gut feelings and in numbing awareness of what is played out\ninside. They learn to hide from their selves.\u201d Bessel A. van der Kolk<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>\u201cThe paradox of trauma is that it has\nboth the power to destroy and the poser to transform and resurrect.\u201d Peter. A.\nLevine<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Unresolved\ntrauma gets under our skin, literally. We carry the effects of this trauma in\nour bodies and feel the impact throughout our life. Trauma and toxic stress can\ncause lasting changes to our brain. Trauma can be defined as a psychological,\nemotional response to an event or an experience that is deeply distressing or\ndisturbing and overwhelms our coping capacities. Part of the healing of trauma\nmeans having connection again with our own bodies. We begin to slowly and\ngently start the process of accessing our interoceptive world- and getting to\nknow ourselves. A shift of focus inward, accessing the wisdom of the body to\nregulate the nervous system and better learn to stay within our optimal zone of\nnervous system arousal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It is essential\nin therapy to begin to develop mindful awareness of the body, particularly in\nthe midst of trauma processing. Compassionate, non-judgmental awareness of\nbodily sensations and feelings can help us to regulate and respond to emotional\nintensity by recognizing early warning signs of overwhelm or shut down and\nstaying in our window of tolerance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The incredible gift\nof this work is that we begin cultivating a more loving relationship with our\nbody, and as we experience healing from the trauma, we find we are more open\nagain to the happiness and joy we had been missing in our life. When we are\nforced, due to trauma to abandon connection to our body to survive, we also had\nto shut down from even from the good stuff. This work is a homecoming of sorts,\nleading you back to yourself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>\u201cThe big issue for traumatized people is\nthat the don\u2019t own themselves anymore. Any loud sound, anybody insulting them,\nhurting them, saying bad things, can hijack them away from themselves. And so\nwhat I have learned is that what makes you resilient to trauma is to own\nyourself fully.\u201d Dr. Bessel van der Kolk<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cTraumatized people chronically feel unsafe in their bodies: The past is alive in the form of gnawing interior discomfort. 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