Understanding Trauma
Trauma and stress exist on a continuum, where high arousal can lead to impaired memory formation and unresolved traumatic memories. When the survival brain perceives helplessness, it creates memory capsules that can trigger flashbacks or panic without conscious awareness. However, with time and the right support, these memories can be unraveled, allowing for healing and a sense of safety.In this clip
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Untangle
Can You Rewire Your Brain and Train Yourself to Be More Resilient? With Dr. Elizabeth Stanley.
Related Questions
If the goal is to diminish the physiological response, then if a person works to change their physiological response immediately after being triggered, would that over time also diminish the physiological response and therefore break the conditioning? Am I right?
For example, if a person had a traumatic experience with a spider, but every time the person sees the spider or gets activated through some trigger and immediately after uses breathwork to calm the body, would that work like retelling a narrative to extinguish the fear? Did I miss something?
Is it fair to say that the brain can build on traumatic memories, preventing a person from taking actions that could allow them to heal themselves?