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Unpack the Stored Trauma in Your Body
Address somatic issues and achieve recovery from abuse
Trauma interferes with the rhythmic balance of the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous system. It pushes it beyond its ability to self-regulate. Traumas can be considered anything that keeps individuals locked in a physical, emotional, behavioral or mental habit that is not healthy. The predictable effect of stored trauma is degeneration and disease. When an individual is attempting to heal after abuse from a narcissistic or psychopathic relationship, the damage is deep and multi-dimensional. In some ways, it is an existential crisis and a dark night of the soul. Without proper interventions and support, victims often remain stuck in perpetual misery and cognitive dissonance. They may fail to recover and thrive, and sometimes suicide will follow these toxic pairings. Recovery requires a multi-modal approach, and the healing of the body and its systems is often overlooked.
Top 10 things to do to release the trauma in your body
- Strive for self-sufficiency, independence, wholeness, and freedom by practicing ways to take care of things and avoid the learned helplessness that you have become accustomed to when you gave your power to your exploitative, manipulative, emotionally unavailable partner. Take…
