We often expect trauma to shift once we “understand it,” but the body and the nervous system don’t work that way. Trauma is a physiological state before it ever becomes a psychological story. A dysregulated nervous system can’t integrate, reflect, or process—not because of “resistance”, but because the survival brain is still running the show. This is why, in Somatic Experiencing, we don’t start with the traumatic memory. We begin with stabilization, tracking, containment, orientation, and build

The neuroscience of how to trauma is stored in your body. Essentially when you take in sensory information that is traumatic your mind sends a single to your brain to store this information. Then you brain usually cannot hold it so it goes through your hypothalamus and shoves that message back down into your body. It’s at that point in your hypothalamus and some other pieces of your nervous system turn that electrochemical message into a hormonal message through your immune and endocrine system.

Trauma changes the brain...science has proven this over and over again. It is not just a story that we tell ourselves. � ��� Whenever you go through trauma it dysregulates the nervous system which changes the way your perceive the world around you. The best way to recover from trauma is to go through a combination or top down and bottom up healing modalities or therapy. As well as fixing and creating healthy habits and routines. �Follow for daily microactions you can use to heal. #trauma #trauma