It's time to heal
Mindfulness and grounding techniques are important tools in the treatment of trauma. They can also help improve our health and help combat stress. Many people often confuse the two because they are both helpful in dealing with our natural fight – flight – freeze response; however, in different ways. Read below to understand more. Mindfulness … Read more
This article describes how we develop symptoms and suffer from trauma as a result of our adaptive survival response (the Autonomic Ladder).
When a person is traumatized, the traumatic event (or events) activates the limbic system of the body or what is known as the “fight, flight, or freeze” response. Sometimes that fight, flight or freeze response can stay activated or become easily activated again in seemingly similar situations. That activated energy associated with a traumatic event … Read more