@carolinemiddelsdorf: Trauma dysregulates the body. It can bring you in alternating states of hyperarousal (“too much,” panic, overwhelm) and hypoarousal (“low,” lethargy, emptiness), resulting in often getting stuck in either one extreme. If this wasn’t enough to cope with, trauma can make you split from your authentic SELF, resulting in feeling broken, unacceptable, unsafe in your own body and slowly turning into your own worst enemy (often accompanied by a harsh inner critic and negative view onto yourself and the world). It takes you a lot of energy to contain all of this. The results vary from person to person and can lead to numbness, learned helplessness to rigid ways of thinning or even extremely irresponsible behaviors. All an attempt to drown your painful emotions. You might ask yourself how all of this is this related to this reel? Trauma and those internal processes (explained above) can affect and shatter the way you view yourself, your selfworth & selfesteem. As a result it’s almost natural to seek reassurance and validation in the external world (other people). You might depend on hearing something good about yourself outside of you — you become a “people pleaser”. You might not be aware of the fact that this is the moment that you give away the power over you to the outside world. Over time you become more and more reliant on other people, their views & words about you. They suddenly can “dictate” and impact how you feel & think about yourself. For you a negative comment, criticism or even a bad look hurts so very much. With my reel I want to send you a very important reminder and make you aware that change, happiness & healing from your wounds starts with and within you. Your voice, your emotions DO matter so very much. They deserve to be heard and seen by you and be addressed with care and compassion. My work is to empower you to help yourself - because you matter ❤️‍🩹🙏 #selfawareness #trauma #traumaawareness #traumatized #cptsd #ptsd #complextrauma #traumatok #traumatherapy #complextraumasurvivor #childhoodtrauma #childhoodtraumacheck #chikdhoodtraumahealing #emotionalneglect #abuse #MentalHealth #mentalhealthmatters #MentalHealthAwareness #traumaresponse #fyp

Caroline Middelsdorf

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Saturday 21 January 2023 12:48:21 GMT