Have you ever noticed that your body feels super tense for no reason? That shall be called, muslce bracing, which happens with C-PTSD. Your body is always ready for danger, like you're about to get tackled in football. It's a C-PTSD trigger response - your muslces tighten up without you even realizing it. Your bodys trying to protect you, but from what? Complex trauma messes with your system. Your brain's stuck in survival mode, and your muscles are following orders. If you'r

You are not moody, over reactive, impatient, and frustrated. Your nervous system has been pushed outside its limits. This often happens due to chronic stress, childhood trauma, and the patterns, beliefs, and coping mechanisms we develop as a result. A nervous system out of balance can feel like: Anxiety Moodiness Frustration Lethargy Irritability Procrastination Overwhelm All the feelings are part of the human experience but being stuck in them may point to an unbalance

It is not about rewiring your thoughts. Anxiety is in your nervous system. Anxiety is not a mind problem, it’s a body problem. Anxiety is your body’s response to perceived threats, rooted in an overactive nervous system that is stuck in a state of hyper vigilance. Your nervous system, especially when dysregulated by chronic stress or past unresolved trauma, can keep you in a constant state of fight-or-flight. This leads to physical symptoms like a racing heart, tight muscles,

Trauma rewires our brain. It changes how our nervous system responds to threat. Moving forward after a traumatic experience, our nervous system will be on high alert for danger. We will move into a protective response before we even realize it. Our amyadala responds to a danger cue much faster than our cognitive brain registers what is happening. Our unresolved traumatic experiences show up as reactions. Quick, big, loud, and protected reactions. When you are on high alert an

Anger is the meaning we attach to a protective reaction that happens beyond our control. It’s a response to something that our nervous system perceives as unfair and threatening. Anger is often the first emotion to surface in the early stages of a healing journey. It can lead to confusion, intense feelings of shame and guilt, and the urgency to manage it with cognition and behavioral control. Anger is a way of protecting ourselves from feeling overwhelming pain and sadnes

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Have you ever been triggered and behaved in a way that, once you calmed down, you realized you were not proud of it and maybe you had some regrets? You then explore it and decide the next time you feel like that, there is a better course of action to take, and you promise yourself, you will choose differently. And yet, when the next trigger comes, all of the rational discussions, epiphanies, and knowledge you have gained to help you in this very event, go straight out the

Regulating your nervous system is critical for functioning as a human being, let’s look at how you might apply it to your unique circumstances What is the nervous system? Before learning how to regulate your nervous system, we must first understand how the nervous system works. The Autonomic Nervous System The autonomic nervous system, which is part of the central nervous system, is the body’s unconscious control center. It consists of two interconnected branches: the sympath

It is increasingly common to experience overstimulation. With the emergence of technology, media, and modern lifestyles, it can be difficult to manage how we react to overwhelming situations. Being overstimulated can lead to feelings of anxiety, frustration, and fatigue. It is important to understand the causes of overstimulation and how to regain control when we become overwhelmed. What is Overstimulation? Overstimulation, or sensory overstimulation, is a term used to descri

Researchers report exposure to sour foods can increase our desire to take a few risks. Risk adverse people, such as those with anxiety disorders or depression, could benefit from eating sour-enriched diets to help boost risk taking behaviors, such as leaving the house or talking to new people. Risk taking can mean different things for different people; for some bungee jumping but for others it can be leaving the house. While it may have negative connotations for some, risk ta

Our parasympathetic nervous system oversees the body's resting functions like digestion, immunity, and mood. It's mainly composed of the vagus nerves, the longest cranial nerve, running from the brainstem, branching through the body, and rooted to our gut and major organs. The bi-directional communication that happens between out gut biome and our brain flows through the vagus nerve. The vagus nerve branches out through the soil of our body to collect information from our mic

Trauma is a response to a life-threatening incident (or series of incidents) such as sexual assault or natural disaster, that often challenge an individual’s view of the world as a safe, and predictable place. Exposure to stressors like racism, discrimination, or emotional abuse (to list a few) might also result in trauma. When someone goes through a traumatic event, whatever that might be, they can enter “fight, flight, freeze, or fawn” mode, which is the mind’s way of helpi

The vagus nerve is always at play with gut problems, food sensitivities, fatigue, and anxiety. The one problem to address in this situation is to find out which part of the vagus nerve is malfunctioning. What is the vagus nerve? The vagus nerve is the main component of the parasympathetic nervous system that is responsible for regulating the "tend and befriend" or "rest-and-digest" responses. Even though it is not the only nerve in the parasympathetic system, it is the most i

Yoga~ seems to be a useful complement to trauma treatment because it directly targets the very symptoms that other approaches struggle to address by using the body purposefully. TCTSY, cultivates awareness of the mind~body connection and to build self-regulation skills to address the ways in which trauma is held in the body."~ David Emerson Learn how to reclaim your body. The TCTSY methodology is based on central components of the hatha style of yoga, where participants engag

Avoiding your trigger isn't healing. Healing happens when you're triggered and youre able to move through the pain, the pattern, and the story, and walk your way to a different ending. We repeat what we don't repair. Being triggered is having an emotional or physical reaction tp an external factor that reminds one of a traumatic event they have experienced. Whether the trauma expereinced was a life-threatening instance or series of more subtle instances that built over time,

Have you ever had those days where you feel like the world is heavy and you can just feel things consuming you? Those are the days that I have to remember to breathe a bit deeper. To focus on the present moment. To remind myself that I am safe and this too shall pass. Sometimes, it’s as simple as grounding myself within the earth, no matter the temperature. Taking deep breaths while I center myself. I never want to touch a plant when I’m mad or sad, same goes for a person. En