The Body Remembers: The Psychophysiology Of Tra... Today

In a traumatized system, the gas pedal and the brake often get pressed at the same time, or the "brake" becomes a "total shutdown" (dissociation). Your body might be sitting in a quiet living room, but your nervous system is biologically prepared to fight a tiger. This leads to chronic exhaustion, muscle tension, and digestive issues—the body literally "remembering" the need to survive. 3. Why Talk Therapy Isn’t Always Enough

Using eye movements to help the "librarian" finally file those stuck memories. The Body Remembers: The Psychophysiology of Tra...

Traditional "top-down" therapy (talking about what happened) is incredibly valuable for making sense of your story. However, because trauma is stored in the lower, non-verbal parts of the brain and the physical tissues of the body, you can't always "talk" your way out of a physiological response. In a traumatized system, the gas pedal and

Are you looking at this from a , or are you more interested in practical somatic exercises for personal use? However, because trauma is stored in the lower,

Teaching the nervous system that it is safe to relax the "smoke detector." The Takeaway