Can trauma haunt the body the same way it haunts memories?
According to Stephen Porges, PhD, not only does the body remember a traumatic experience, but it can actually get stuck in the trauma response mode.
So even when life becomes safe, the body still perceives danger and its defenses stay engaged.
Why does this happen and what can we do about it? Stephen shares a little background along with his own personal experience with this phenomenon – check it out, it’s just 4 minutes.
Stephen will tell us more about how the polyvagal theory can explain why the body’s responses change after trauma, and what we can do to modulate these reactions in the next webinar of our Trauma Therapy series.
He’ll also get into how we have the ability to read people’s faces to determine whether they are safe or not, and how our own body unconsciously communicates how safe we are to others.
The webinar is free to watch – just sign up here.
Have you or someone you work with ever felt immobilized by fear without understanding the reason for it? How did you overcome it? Please leave your thoughts in the comments below.
