Tag: How to Regulate Your Nervous System After Trauma

Learn trauma-informed approaches for developing greater emotional regulation, calm and a sense of safety.

You Aren’t Overreacting: Your Nervous System May Be Responding to What It Learned

Handwritten note: "your not overreaction its your nervous system"

Understanding emotional triggers after abuse, trauma and difficult relationships Have you ever reacted strongly to something and then immediately thought: “Why did I react like that?” Perhaps someone raised their voice. Someone didn’t respond to your message. A partner became distant. Someone criticised you. A conversation suddenly felt uncomfortable. Your emotional response may seem much… Read More You Aren’t Overreacting: Your Nervous System May Be Responding to What It Learned

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5 Signs Your Nervous System May Still Be in Survival Mode

Diagram labeled sympathetic overdrive, amygdala hyperactivity, brainstem response, hypothalamus, increased senses, heart rate, muscle tension, peripheral nervous system, somatic nerves, and sympathetic nerves.

Why you can feel exhausted, anxious and hyper-alert even when life looks fine from the outside You may be functioning. Going to work. Looking after your family. Paying the bills. Seeing friends. Smiling. And yet inside, you may feel completely exhausted. Perhaps you are constantly thinking about what could go wrong. Perhaps you struggle to… Read More 5 Signs Your Nervous System May Still Be in Survival Mode

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