An Epidemic of Chronic Illness: How Stress, Trauma & Adversity Early in Life Impacts Our Capacity to Heal
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An Epidemic of Chronic Illness: How Stress, Trauma & Adversity Early in Life Impacts Our Capacity to Heal
- Neuroplastic healing must be sequenced in the right order for maximal effect
Imagine running a very large voltage of energy through old tattered wires that can’t hold the charge. It might handle it for a little while. But sooner or later, it’ll blow.
The human system is no different.
If the early nervous system foundations weren’t built well and hav... See morefrom An Epidemic of Chronic Illness: How Stress, Trauma & Adversity Early in Life Impacts Our Capacity to Heal
MargaretC added 8mo ago
Do all of these before moving to talking therapy.
1. Basic health stuff. Regular exercise, healthy diet. That stuff. (That alone doesn't do much, but you need vitamins and proteins and stuff to repair the cellular damage done by nervous system dysregulation)
2. Neurostimulation (thoughts, yoga, nature, Feldenkrais, and stuff. Basically letting the brain and and know you are going to learn something soon, get ready, wake up
3. Neuromodulation (Somatic Experiencing, Somatic Practice, and stuff, letting out all the trauma)
4. Neurorelaxation (a lot of sleep and downtime after you release trauma – you can now be regulated)
5. Neurodifferentiation/ Learning (Which is basically where talk therapy would belong)