Health - Mental
Maintenance and healing
Health - Mental
When someone else gets upset…if your whole body tenses, and not because you did something wrong…
Then it’s often because your nervous system was wired to make it better - fast.
To keep the peace.
To keep the connection.
You learned to track their... See more
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Children become attached to whoever functions as their primary caregiver. But the nature of that attachment—whether it is secure or insecure—makes a huge difference over the course of a child’s life. Secure attachment develops when caregiving includes emotional attunement. Attunement starts at the most subtle physical levels of interaction between
... See moreBessel van der Kolk • The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
For me, the ultimate aim of self-improvement is to be able to direct as much energy as we can outwards – to other people and worthy projects.
Emerge • The Art of Self-Improvement: Ten Timeless Truths - Emerge
It's common for complex trauma survivors to feel a little panicky when we feel we're not being listened to or not being perceived or understood accurately. Our nervous system was molded by experiences of being functionally invisible-- & that invisibility leading to pain & shame.
Dr. Glenn Patrick Doylex.com
The more emotional energy invested in the object or person, the greater will be the feeling of loss and the greater the pain associated with the undoing of the bonds of dependence. Attachment creates a dependency, and dependency, because of its nature, intrinsically carries with it a fear of loss.