Now, it’s so obvious and clear that I was in too much pain to feel safe in my body and so I escaped and lived in my head and in fear and survival mode and in reaction mode and I had NO IDEA I was doing any of that. You see, when you’re experiencing so much trauma in yo...
In order to create a thriving sex life after trauma, you have to treat the nervous system and drop back into the body. Here are some common modalities for doing so: Therapy. Depending on where you are in your healing journey, therapy may be the next step for you. Remember that like ...
"We may not always be aware that we are feeling unsafe, especially in cases of chronic trauma in which lack of safety becomes the baseline. Our bodies don’t lie, so if you feel uneasy or anxious during sex, it’s probably a good idea to do a self check-in." Put yourself first he...
would feel good. Slide your fingers back and forth from your vaginal opening to your clit. Don't go inside yet, just tease yourself a bit. Try a stroke that is one finger at a time and then slide a couple of fingers into your vagina, curling them slightly. Slide them in and out."...
Trauma contributes to physical symptoms in the body. In other words, one of my traumas—my parents’ divorce– made me sick. After years of therapy, I came to understand that anxiety is a mental health condition. Anxiety can present with many symptoms, one of which is tachycardia, or a ...
gas and power supply, and then hide under strong furniture such as tables, chairs and beds, and go to wide areas such as parks, squares and playgrounds after the big shake, hold your head and lie down, and pay attention to the above preventive measures in order to survive the earthquake...
A genetic chemical imbalance wouldn’t cause those negative, false beliefs. It would make me feel depressed or anxious overall, but not linked to any particular event. Witnessing violence in my home was the reason I had anxiety. I never felt physically safe after the first episode. I was...
you believe and feel that the trauma is occurring in the present. This current sense of threat leads to avoidance behaviors like suppressing traumatic thoughts and avoiding trauma triggers. These behaviors maintain the trauma because you’re not allowing yourself to face and make sense of the trau...
nipples can undergo a lot of trauma through the process of breastfeeding. “Most of this trauma heals when proper latching techniques are used and when breastfeeding ceases. However, there may be some permanent changes in color and size. Some nipples become darker and/or larger after the ...
While the good news is that mind body medicine can clear the effects of traumas—we do not have to live with them and let them make us sick—many people are puzzled about why in our relatively affluent society we still struggle tofeel happyand physically well in our body and mind; espec...