Brianna Wiest - The Mountain Is You_ Transforming Self-Sabotage Into Self-Mastery (2020)

THE MOUNTAIN IS YOU
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Healing trauma is not just a matter of psychoanalyzing
it. It is a matter of literally working through it physically.
The next time you feel yourself overreacting to some kind
of stimulus, you will notice that your body is starting to
tense up and create a fight-or-flight response. To heal
this, you have to force yourself to take deep, soothing
breaths until the part of your body that was once tense
is relaxed again.
You will need to self-soothe in different ways: meditating,
breathing, drinking enough water, getting enough
sleep, using aromatherapy, sound therapy, or whatever else
works for you.
You absolutely must work to take your brain and body
physically out of panic/survival mode.
SECOND, REINSTATE A SENSE OF SAFETY.
You are traumatized because something scared you and
you are convinced that it is still “out to get you.” This is
what happens when we don’t face or overcome something
difficult—we assume the threat lingers indefinitely.
The psychological aspect of trauma healing is that you
have to literally restore the connection that was severed in
the exact same way that it was broken.
If you are traumatized about relationships, you need to
build healthy relationships. If you are traumatized about