Hypoarousal is a misunderstood aspect of your trauma response. Recognizing the symptoms of emotional numbness, chronic exhaustion, and disconnection is the first step towards understanding who you are. Implement your strategies of play, singing, humming, painting, mindfulness, walking, creative expression. Build your foundation of calm towards a balanced and fulfilling life. Healing from trauma is a journey, and understanding hypoarousal is a crucial part of reclaiming vitality and sense of self. Celebrate you! Celebrate you. Build your sustainable platform of calm using your calming box tools
The Tactics Narcissists Use to Create Chaos: A Deeper Look
Narcissists have a remarkable ability to twist reality and create confusion. One of their most common tactics is refusing to answer a simple question, a…
Exploring Somatic Therapy: Healing Through Your Body
Somatic therapy is based on the understanding your beautiful body holds onto traumatic experiences. When you experience trauma, your body goes into a fight, flight, or freeze response, which get “stuck” if the trauma is not properly processed. This results in physical symptoms such as tension, pain, and chronic health issues, alongside emotional symptoms like anxiety, depression, and PTSD.
Trauma and the Struggle to Relax: Understanding the Connection
Trauma profoundly impacts your ability to relax and find peace. The aftereffects of traumatic experiences manifest as constant anxiety, hypervigilance, and an inability to let go and unwind. Understanding this connection between trauma and relaxation difficulties is essential for healing and regaining a sense of calm.
Understanding Toxic Relationships
Toxic relationships are characterized by emotionally and physically damaging behaviours.
Manipulation, control, belittlement, and a lack of support. Toxicity arises from: romantic partners, friends, colleagues, and even family members. Recognizing the signs early is crucial to protecting your well-being.
How to Know if You Are in a Relationship with a Narcissist
Being in a relationship with a narcissist is a bewildering and painful experience. Initially, you are swept off your feet by their charm and attention, only to later find yourself trapped in a web of manipulation and abuse. Build your calming box by learning their patterns in order to avoid them, leave them, and recover from them.
The Narcissistic Mirror: Reflecting Only Their Own Image
Despite their outward confidence and self-assured demeanor, narcissists are insecure. Their grandiose self-image is a fragile facade, constructed to shield themselves from their own perceived inadequacies. They constantly seek validation and admiration to fill the void within. When they don’t receive the adulation they crave, they can become defensive, angry, or dismissive. Their behavior is a reflection of their deep-seated fears and insecurities, projected outward to maintain their self-worth.
Embrace a Strength-Based Approach to Transform Hopelessness into Resilience
Build your own evidence instead of casting blame or using substances to ‘feel better’. They don’t work. They never will. Save your money instead of buying stuff.
Manipulative Language:You’re Too Sensitive: Understanding Emotional Manipulation
When faced with nasty manipulation, set boundaries and assert your right to your emotions. Respond firmly, without apologizing.Invite others to speak up to build awareness of this dangerous behaviour.Folks using this as a way to make themselves look smart are fools. Be aware of insecure losers.
The Mindset of Change: Creating Lasting Impact
Practice Creating Freedom: Keep your body healthy. Be on time for everything. Stop buying too much stuff. Stop wasting food. Your money is part of your freedom.