01/23/2024
๐๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ๐ถ๐ข๐จ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ถ๐ฎ๐ข.
You're not negative; you've been traumatized.
The reason why CBT and other talk therapies don't always work for trauma survivors is that it is hard to challenge thinking patterns when the worst-case scenario has already happened. You were caught off guard before. Your brain is wired to say, โLetโs make sure that doesn't happen again!" How can you blame it? It is hypervigilant, scanning for potential danger matches in your environment. This is a defense mechanism.
People in this state may have developed a habit known in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy as the cognitive distortion of "Catastrophizing."
To shield yourself in the future, you may start imagining the worst-case outcomes in every situation as you fear another unexpected blow.
Your brain and body have been wired to remember. And while you'll never forget this trauma, you can change how it is stored in the body and brain.
๐ผ๐๐ helps to rewire parts of the brain by speaking the language of trauma.
By employing bilateral eye movements and somatic, bodily experiencing, ๐ผ๐๐ adopts a "Bottom-up" approach, addressing trauma at a fundamental level, reaching parts of the brain formed before language development. Instead of "rationalizing" and "talking sense into" your negative thoughts,โ ๐ผ๐๐ uses metaphors and visualization.
The body needs to feel these sensations and emotions through the processing. ๐ผ๐๐ creates new perspectives and thought restructuring around the trauma. So you may walk away with a more "Positive outlook" around the trauma, but not because you yelled at yourself to "Be positive.โ Itโs because you have created new understandings and new neural connections.
๐ผ๐๐ offers a holistic and neurologically-driven approach to healing, bypassing the limitations of verbal communication and reaching the root of where trauma is stored.
So you can stop the shaming self-talk for being "Too negative."
You can stop feeling annoyed with your anxiety.
Your brain was trying to protect you.
Your trauma wants to be heard.
Answer it in a language it understands.
Find an ๐ผ๐๐ trained therapist near you.
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