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.