Episode Details

We talk about why the body can react before the brain, and how trauma gets stored as sensations and states instead of a clean story. We redefine trauma as overwhelm, connect it to adverse childhood experiences and chronic stress, and share ways to get grounded so you can respond with more choice.  
• body-first reactions in real life, from blushing to going blank  
• “flipping your lid” and why the prefrontal cortex goes offline  
• cognitive, emotional, and sensory processing channels and what they are for  
• emotional shutdown, dissociation, and the electric fence metaphor  
• sensory numbing, athletic push-through culture, and survival responses  
• ACEs study links between childhood stress and adult mental and physical health  
• trauma as overwhelm beyond “big events,” including neglect and parentification  
• fragmented memory, triggers, and why the hippocampus loses time context 
• grounding and orientation skills to return to the present  
• progressive muscle relaxation as a safety signal  
• therapy as relational safety, plus EMDR reprocessing and “name it to tame it” 
• practicing regulation daily, wise mind, and building self-compassion  

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