Interventions
Feelings of Abandonment Causing Problems in Your Relationships: How Anxious Attachment and Other Traumas Make You Fear Being Alone and 5 Tips to Overcome This
There is a hollow feeling that comes when you feel like you’ve been abandoned. A tension or tightness in the chest or stomach may constantly linger when you are with others but when they leave, and you are alone, the hollow feeling comes right in. You don’t know which is worse, the ever present tension…
Read MoreWhen Attachment Causes Trauma: How Attachment Works Part 1
Many people think of trauma as something big that has happened to a person. We often think of sexual abuse, physical abuse, rape, or war when we think about trauma. But the reality is that attachment disruptions or issues around attachment often causes trauma symptoms. Attachment has been studied for decades and most people know…
Read MoreHow To Stop Yourself From Freezing When Triggered: 4 Steps To Take To Take To Halt You Automatic Trauma Reactions
It’s 8 o’clock in the morning and you are eating breakfast. When you woke up this morning you felt pretty good. You slept well and you’re actually in a good mood. As you pick up your fork to eat that first bite of food, your phone buzzes beside you. When you look at the screen…
Read MoreWhat Is Dysregulation and How Does It Link To The Stress Response System and Trauma
Today I want to talk about dysregulation, how it impacts your Stress Response System and trauma. Many times we often think of trauma as this terrible event that has happened to us, a person violating another person or a frightening car accident. When you hear trauma you think of something on a grand scale. But…
Read MoreUsing Mindfulness to Heal From Complex Trauma and Why You Need to Integrate Into Your Daily Routine
Healing from complex trauma is possible. Complex trauma has its roots in early childhood abuses (physical, sexual, emotional, etc) and/or neglect, and can often feel like it’s apart of your identity. Having lived your whole life in survival mode, using survival adaptations just to get through your day to day experiences, you often vacillate between…
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