Tag: trauma response
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I’m Programmed to React Like a Three Year Old
Other people don’t have visceral reactions When their buttons are pushed They don’t have three year old reactions Overwhelming their logic Threatening to engulf them in a tsunami of pain I do I am battered daily by this wall of water When others only ripple Read more
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When Your Nervous System is Stuck in the On Position
I had an epiphany this week. It came to me in the wee hours, while I was lying in bed, trying to relax my tension filled body: My nervous system doesn’t know how to get out of fight or flight on its own. For most of my life, my autonomic nervous system has been stuck Read more