When we are living in a state of increased tension, stress, anxiety, or fear our amygdala may start to play an overwhelming role in how our brain interprets information in our world. In these moments even the most neutral stimuli may be met with agitation, frustration, or anxiety. The ability to recognize when your survival brain is throwing up warning signs from your past can be intentionally developed over time.
This can allow you to decipher these warnings from your "fear brain" in the context of what is happening in the present moment. It empowers you to deepen your relationship with yourself and develop methods for finding balance between what your fear brain would have you do, and what you would choose to do.
This can allow you to decipher these warnings from your "fear brain" in the context of what is happening in the present moment. It empowers you to deepen your relationship with yourself and develop methods for finding balance between what your fear brain would have you do, and what you would choose to do.
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When you've gone through a traumatic experience, it can be challenging to enjoy your daily life, and you may struggle to cope with stress and discomfort. But your situation isn't hopeless; with a little help from trauma therapy treatment, you can overcome your obstacles. At the Trauma Counseling Center of Los Angeles, we specialize in trauma counseling, and we can help you recover from difficult experiences.
When a person experiences trauma, much of the time they do have the coping skills to effectively process the experience. This is not their fault. Few of us were given tools to help to deal with traumatic incidents. Inadequate processing of traumatic events can lead to mental health disorders, such as generalized anxiety disorder or PTSD.
Anxiety can arise from a vast range of situations, and it can be difficult to deal with. Many describe anxiety as restlessness, panic, or difficulty relaxing, and it's more common than you think. While some have naturally found their own coping mechanisms, many individuals struggle to relieve their stress and reduce their anxiety without anxiety therapy.
EMDR therapy, also known as Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing works by providing side-to-side stimulation of the right and left hemispheres of the brain. This stimulation engages and encourages integration of feeling and thinking, verbal and non-verbal material. During this therapy, the effect is similar to REM sleep where we process the events of the day and other thoughts.
There are various ways to uncover and process core issues. Talk is helpful, however to go deeper, brainspotting can help heal what is going on below the surface. Like the analogy of the iceberg, we see what is above the water in talk therapy, but not what is underneath. Brainspotting helps us get to what is underneath.
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