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I have learned not to resist, not to deny, not to avoid, trauma thoughts, triggers, and emotions.
What we resist, persists. This is a true statement for PTSD.
Paradigm shift: When trauma thoughts and symptoms arrive, we observe, we feel the body sensations or we focus intently on our breath.
Avoiding, denying, and distorting this anxious stimulus stops.
Observing trauma brings awareness without feeding the disorder.
Get to know the patterns of your mind, how he/she behaves when triggered.
Know your responses, how you react when a trigger explodes.
Work to make incremental improvements, stay present and focused for five breaths before taking off.
Build familiarity and courage, observe trauma from a short distance, focus on the breath and body sensations.
Feel the energy, the trauma drugs, and the thought patterns of PTSD.
The trauma song has a theme, a weakness and a whole lot of clouded memories.
Realize the real danger is over, the abuse energy is stored inside our head and body until we learn to release as much as possible.
Think of PTSD as damaging energy trapped inside us.
We can observe how this energy flows and grows.
We have to be courageous, we have to face PTSD head-on.
Feel its energy, follow that energy inside the body.
How long does it stay? Where does it accumulate?
Are these sensations dangerous?
Can we be calm in the face of this fear?
Yes, we can with practice.
Paradigm change: a trigger firing is an opportunity to heal.
Think of the difference in behavior this paradigm shift creates.
Instead of running in fear, we breathe calmly, focus, and observe.
Can you resist going down the rabbit hole of trauma thought?
Each trigger, expand how many focus breaths we can take before all hell breaks loose.
Once you realize the real danger is a mirage, life will shift.
It’s takes small daily improvements.
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