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pokingholes-cptsdwarrior · 1 year

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When you’re reminded of a traumatic experience, your amygdala goes into overdrive, acting as though you were experiencing the trauma for the first time. The prefrontal cortex becomes suppressed, so you’re less capable of controlling your fear and then you become stuck in a purely reactive state. This is what makes it hard to process thoughts and emotions when triggered/activated. It also leads to reduced activity in the hippocampus, which functions to tell the difference between past and present, so your brain can’t tell the difference between the actual traumatic event and the memory of it. Follow @cptsdwarrior_pokingholes @drpeteralevine Follow me on my Website/Blog and Subscribe to my YouTube channel at the link in my bio @cptsdwarrior_pokingholes Sharing my healing journey so that you feel seen, heard, held and supported. You're not alone! ❤️ Don't forget to heart, comment, share and save this post for later. ✌❤ #fightflightfreeze #rraumaresponse #triggered #executivedysfunction #dysregulation #peterlevine #walkingthetiger #healingtrauma #somaticexperiencing #polyvagaltheory #cptsd #childhoodtrauma #complextrauma #complexptsd #developmentaltrauma #relationaltrauma #cptsdwarrior #thebodykeepsthescore #somatichealing #innerchildhealing #nervoussystemregulation #healingjourney #cyclebreaker #mentalhealthadvocate #traumainformed https://www.instagram.com/p/CmKEECdvOfq/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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blizzardbeaches · 1 year

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Our bodies are truly fascinating. @bessel_van #thebodykeepsthescore #brain #mind #body #healing #trauma #stress #hormones #danger #cortisol #ptsd #fightflightfreeze (at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) https://www.instagram.com/p/CpAT_rOOmks/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#thebodykeepsthescore #brain #mind #body #healing #trauma #stress #hormones #danger #cortisol #ptsd #fightflightfreeze

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lauralzielke · 1 year

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Posted @withrepost • @journey_to_wellness_ What are the signs you recognise that let you know your nervous system is a a flight response? I personally notice I can't seem to rest or relax. I'll always be on the go, over-working and finding it hard to focus my mind or energy on one thing. I'll also notice somatic symptoms - over-breathing, breath-holding, racing, tense muscles/headaches/neck and shoulder pain etc 🚩 Share your red flags in the comments below to help others reflect on their own. ✨ If you'd like to learn more about regulating your nervous system & helping to bring it into a state of calm & resilience - head over to my website www.journeytowellness.online or the link in my bio. You'll find a free 15 day reset your nervous system course and a deeper dive masterclass called Soothe & Regulate the Nervous System 💛 #nervoussystemrepair #nervoussystemregulation #nervoussystem #freezeresponse #fightflightfreeze #sympatheticnervoussystem #dorsalvagal #polyvagaltheory #flightresponse https://www.instagram.com/p/Ck2Ps-zOAIn/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#nervoussystemrepair #nervoussystemregulation #nervoussystem #freezeresponse #fightflightfreeze #sympatheticnervoussystem #dorsalvagal #polyvagaltheory #flightresponse

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mag171 · 1 year

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ive never had the problem of acting too hastily when angry or anything which seems crazy to some people apparently because im. passionate i guess? mostly its because im such a raging fucking downer that every time i do anything my brain rings that little 'this action will have consequences later on' alarm like ill be able to quicksave about it or something

#so every time i get pissed i never really do anything about it or blow up because my foresight is literally too high to let me act #i could literally rank my fightflightfreeze out of likelyhood and freeze comes out on top by about an inch from fight

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farazberjis · 3 months

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Chronic health stressors could be the result of many factors including past trauma, frequent dieting, emotional eating, eating fast, food judgment and self-judgment. Stress responses can be detrimental to our overall metabolism, can cause hormonal imbalances and can also result in immune dysregulation. What if we consider mindfulness practices such as meditation, breathwork, grounding and journaling? These practices can raise awareness, empower us and infuse gratitude into our lives which leads to our well-being.. #stressresponse #overeating #stress #meditation #joy #gratitude #fasteating #awareness #mindfulness #nutrition #bodymetabolism #hormonalimbalance #fightflightfreeze #dieting #obesity #empowerment#coreintegrativedigestivewellness #cidw #farazberjis #guthealth #coredigestive #wellness #health #mindbodyspirit #metabolism #mindbodyconnection #digestivewellness #immunesystem #appetite #wellbeing

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randomlifeunit · 4 years

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Tonight's offering to Tumblrtown.

#whump #emotional whump #visceral #fear #freaking out #anxiety #panic #tw: panic attack #sketches #drawings #adrenaline #fightflightfreeze

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ahylen · 3 years

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Posted @withregram • @somaticexperiencingint Repost from @luminousinnerlight • A trigger is an event or memory that sparks an intense emotional reaction. Triggers often stem from unhealed past trauma. ◇ Our body stores unprocessed emotions or unhealed trauma from the past! This is why whenever we come across situations similar in some way to the traumatic experience from the past, our brain perceives it as danger and our nervous system goes into fight, flight or freeze mode. Our body acts as though we are experiencing the trauma all over again! ◇ Our nervous system would trigger a stress response, even if in reality the new experience is not necessarily a threat like in the past! Our nervous system is doing this to keep us safe and protect us from possibly getting hurt again. ◇ When triggered, one enters an endless (thoughts-emotions) loop.. with thoughts overwhelming us and unpleasant emotions following the thoughts. ◇ This is how a seemingly ordinary situation triggers a fight, flight or freeze response in some people and could manifest as rage, avoidance, loneliness, sadness, anxiety, panic, etc The good news is.. it's possible to heal from trauma* and feel safe! When we understand our triggers, do the inner work to heal and release unprocessed emotions from the mind-body, the triggers will eventually not seem significant. Offer compassion to yourself and know that your trauma is not your fault. *Please seek help if triggers bother you on a regular basis. 🌟 Follow @luminousinnerlight for more posts on healing. SAVE this post for later! 🌟 . . . #luminousinnerlight #triggers #selfcompassion #nervoussystemregulation #traumaawareness #somatichealing #mindbodyconnection #somatictherapy #somaticexperiencing #embodimentpractice #emotionregulation #fightflightfreeze #fightorflight #traumahealing #stressresponse #angermanagement #knowyourtriggers #polyvagaltheory - #SomaticExperiencing #mindfulness #somaticexperiencinginternational #neurobiology #ptsd #cptsd #somatics #healthcare #psychology #traumahealing #trauma https://www.instagram.com/p/CVIOM9eFIav/?utm_medium=tumblr

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vowtoimprove · 3 years

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“Our body responds with either a fight, flight or freeze answer” I said “Fight, flight, freeze and fawn”, I was told 😯 Apparently #fawn can be considered as a 4th #stress or #trauma response Looking for the description in the internet, I am under the impression that this is when we unknowingly become a #doormat 🤭😰 It says: “The fawn response involves immediately moving to try to please a person to avoid any conflict. This is often a response developed in #childhood trauma, where a #parent or a significant authority figure is the abuser. #Children go into a fawn-like response to attempt to avoid the #abuse, which may be verbal, physical, or sexual, by being a pleaser. In other words, they preemptively attempt to appease the abuser by agreeing, answering what they know the parent wants to hear, or by ignoring their personal feelings and desires and do anything and everything to prevent the abuse. Over time, this fawn response becomes a #pattern Individuals carry this behaviour pattern into their adult #relationships, including their #professional and personal interactions.” https://www.psychologytoday.com/intl/blog/addiction-and-recovery/202008/understanding-fight-flight-freeze-and-the-fawn-response — I would say that #fight is rarely the right answer 🧠 I try to shut my #ego, and let the #rational brain kick in 🙂 practise makes perfect 👌 Forever #learning ☺️ #fightorflight #fightflightfreeze #fightflightfreezefawn #ptsd https://www.instagram.com/p/CRQ5vl7Dkfz/?utm_medium=tumblr

#fawn #stress #trauma #doormat #childhood #parent #children #abuse #pattern #relationships #professional #fight #ego #rational #learning #fightorflight #fightflightfreeze #fightflightfreezefawn #ptsd

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mandyjane-lifedesign · 3 years

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#childhoodtrauma #trauma #fightflightfreeze #addiction #OCD #anxiety #depression #PTSD #lowselfesteem (at Surrey) https://www.instagram.com/p/CRPtLKSMyAA/?utm_medium=tumblr

#childhoodtrauma #trauma #fightflightfreeze #addiction #ocd #anxiety #depression #ptsd #lowselfesteem

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pokingholes-cptsdwarrior · 3 years

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My freeze response is similar to what the OP posted below. I feel zoned out and my eyes feel fuzzy. It looks like I'm looking at the world through a dirty window. Follow @pokingholes_cptsdwarrior Photo and the caption credit below goes to @somaticloveandhealing A really wonderful, loving reminder that freeze isn’t anything you need to fight or brace against. It’s there to protect you. (And another addition of what freeze FEELS like instead of just what you might notice) 💚 . Freeze is this incredibly amazing energy conservation process all mammals are designed with - it’s an integrated piece of our nervous system. . When I notice my freeze response, I often “zone out,” notice my eyes go out of focus and have the sensation of feeling fuzzy (almost like the static on old TVs). I used to feel an immense amount of shame with this part of my nervous system and am now able to realize my survival was only made possible by this dorsal vagal system. Thank goodness we have freeze! . Sensation can be incredibly hard to notice in our freeze response (that’s kind of the point right?!) if we can begin to notice the edges of where our awareness fades. Or just allowing ourselves to be spaced out. . What might change for you if you just allow your system to space out? If you let go of any “shoulds” or “shouldn’ts”? If you let go of expectations or pressure and allow your system to be the way it is. . You’ve got time to help your nervous system regulate, which also means allowing it to be rather than forcing into what you THINK it should be. You deserve to make peace with yourself. 💚// . . . . . #freeze #fightflightfreeze #polyvagaltheory #somaticexperiencing #physiology #trustyourphysiology #disassociation #cptsd #ptsd #anxiety #depression #wedorecover #heal #healing #hanginthere #connect #notice #help #healer #therapy #therapist #begentlewithyourself #easy #therapy #wedorecover #recovery #somatic #befriend #nervoussystem #trust #trustyourself #youmatter https://www.instagram.com/p/CPDGwGyD8a4/?utm_medium=tumblr

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digitalmediageekeuse · 3 years

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Shiny Object syndrome is a recipe for Disaster. If you are in it for the money, you are bound to fail. Learn, Do, Teach. Build relationships, establish trust and solve problems, the rest will fall into place on their own. #selfsabotage #freezemode #fightflightfreeze #procrastination #procrastinator #shinyobjectsyndrome #fearquote #followyourdreams #trustyourinstincts #selfworth #selfkindness #selflove #timingquote #mellowdoodles https://www.instagram.com/p/COHmqmojrw0/?igshid=5zzgn6okpwgf

#selfsabotage #freezemode #fightflightfreeze #procrastination #procrastinator #shinyobjectsyndrome #fearquote #followyourdreams #trustyourinstincts #selfworth #selfkindness #selflove #timingquote #mellowdoodles

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lauralzielke · 1 year

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Posted @withrepost • @journey_to_wellness_ Getting to know the unique ways in which your nervous system communicates with you is so important. Some of the signs in this illustration is actually your nervous system telling you it's in a threat response - it's in freeze mode. ✨ If you'd like to learn more about regulating your nervous system & helping to bring it into a state of calm & resilience - head over to my website www.journeytowellness.online or the link in my bio. You'll find a free 15 day reset your nervous system course and a deeper dive masterclass called Soothe & Regulate the Nervous System 💛 #nervoussystemrepair #nervoussystemregulation #nervoussystem #freezeresponse #fightflightfreeze #sympatheticnervoussystem #dorsalvagal #polyvagaltheory https://www.instagram.com/p/Ckzf91DuEnK/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#nervoussystemrepair #nervoussystemregulation #nervoussystem #freezeresponse #fightflightfreeze #sympatheticnervoussystem #dorsalvagal #polyvagaltheory

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13thhr · 3 years

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The Thirteenth Hour Podcast #290: Making a Slow, Meditative Thirteenth Hour Theme Track and Accompanying Cloudscape Video

#TheThirteenthHour #Podcast 290: Making a Slow, Meditative Thirteenth Hour Theme Track and Accompanying Cloudscape Video #meditation #chillwave #synth #pixelart

The Thirteenth Hour Podcast #290: Making a Slow, Meditative Thirteenth Hour Theme Track and Accompanying Cloudscape Video https://archive.org/download/podcast-290/Podcast%20290.mp3 This week’s show piggybacks off last week’s episode and the Patreon exclusive episode that came out last week. We’re making the slow, meditative Thirteenth Hour theme that was playing in the background of last week’s…

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#deepbreathing #fightflightfreeze #findingyourcenter #manymiles #meditation #music #pixelart #relaxation #stress #thirteenthhour #Thirteenthourtheme #videocreation #$thirteenthhourmeditation

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plantsense · 4 years

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part 3/3

What Can Plants Teach Us About Threats?

Do threats always need to be contained, where you either eradicate them or succumb to them? Can taking a hit actually boost personal integrity?

A threat is “a person or thing likely to cause damage or danger” (Lexico.com). Humans, plants, animals, and even the planet face threats every day. From hawks and caterpillars to poverty and oppression; from contaminated water and rising temperatures to disease and resource scarcity, threats are ubiquitous. Our clovers faced the threat of a dandelion invasion. Humans right now are facing the threat of Covid-19.

Plants and animals have similar problem solving algorithms to evaluate and address these threats, but we utilize our energy in different ways. In response to a threat, we each start with the go-to tools from our repertoires. Sometimes we’re well-prepared and that’s that and we carry on. Other times the threat is a bigger one, or a novel one, or working in combination with another one. Our tools aren’t enough and we don’t know what to do next. Should we throw our hands up in despair? Let’s dig a little deeper.

People-Like Plants

Our comic follows a community of clovers trying hard to survive a dandelion invasion. They protect themselves using classic human/animal strategies in an attempt to control the situation they find themselves in. They attack, avoid, numb, and panic in response to their new neighbors -- anything to avoid having to admit defeat and share space. They show classic human fight, flight, freeze and fawn responses, and they aren’t successful at eradicating the threat.

People, particularly when entrenched in systemic privilege, work to maintain status quo by controlling our surroundings and situations. We’re so good at it, in fact, that we’ve forgotten what to do when threat eradication doesn’t work or isn’t enough. We resign ourselves to a path of blinders, numbing, and denial in a primal attempt at self-preservation. To escape that pain, we double our efforts. Threat, begone!

“But escape is not a solution; at most, it is a way of sidestepping a problem. Animals therefore do not solve problems, they simply avoid them more efficiently” - Stefano Mancuso, The Revolutionary Genius of Plants

Plant-like plants do it differently. Plants know all about radical acceptance, and differentiate between acceptance and defeat. They face a myriad of threats including crowding, caterpillars, drought, shade, disease, and the farmer’s plow. Being literally rooted to the ground, however, means they can’t flee, and lacking bones and muscles, they’re also severely limited in their ability to attack and fight.

What tools do plants have to maintain their integrity? Some level of sacrifice is assumed in the wisdom of plant resilience, and time moves much more slowly in their world. By necessity, plants are closely tuned into their environment, learning from experience, and changing themselves -- instead of their environment -- in order to adapt to it. In this way, they develop different sorts of defense mechanisms. For example, in response to being munched, some plants can sound the alarm via their root networks, alerting neighbors that predators are near. The whole community will then boost bitter tasting compounds in their leaves to become less appealing. Alternatively, a plant might call for help, releasing a chemical to attract natural predators of the insects feasting on them. On a longer timescale, when a plant wilts from lack of water, or suffers from lack of sun, it can respond by growing a more extensive root system, or larger, darker leaves to better capture limited sunlight. They even use epigenetics to encode more drought or shade resilience into the next generation.

Conversely, if a plant has never been nibbled by a caterpillar, then it doesn’t learn how to defend itself. It stays evolutionarily immature, weak, and stagnant. The plant uses the experience of being nibbled to gather intelligence and act. While people panic when they can’t escape a threat, plants bravely stand tall in their radical acceptance of the environment.

Plant-Like People and Communities

"I can be changed by what happens to me. But I refuse to be reduced by it." ― Maya Angelou

Like plants, we can work together to understand the nuances of a problem, educate ourselves, and own our decisions. Instead of resigning, denying and stagnating, we can heed each other’s warnings and learn from everyone’s successes and mistakes. We can iterate and evolve so we’re better prepared next time.

Looking at the example of Covid-19, we have a humbling virus that keeps us in check -- our behavior, our drive, our oppression, even our stress responses that seem to be working in a constant low grade overdrive. Our initial response of shelter-in-place surfaced a host of other problems that can no longer be ignored. We’re witnessing firsthand just how fragile the structure of our US economy is, being built on a foundation of systemic oppression and exploitation. We have a new understanding of the nuances of social interaction needs and what’s necessary, what’s fluff, what just gets in the way, and what could be so much better, if done differently. Many educators and parents are reexamining the pedagogy of the education system, and weakness in foodways are becoming clear. The threats are coming from so many directions, we can’t just escape them piecemeal anymore.

Plant-like communities of people utilize collective brainpower across the world to problem solve a shared threat. For example, the field of virology made significant advances in response to the Spanish Flu of 1918 and we’re coming together now to understand the current virus at record speeds. Each country and region has responded to the virus in different ways. We’ve ragged on Sweden and Florida or adored South Korea and New Zealand. But we can compare notes to see what’s working and what’s not and use that as intelligence to inform our next steps. Because of current shelter-in-place orders, we now have more data to address climate change. Indirectly, this pandemic has called global attention and energy to finally address systemic oppression. George Floyd’s murder was the last straw and now we’ve got the resources and fire to look deeper than the usual narratives.

Plant-like people might realize how busy their lives were and how slowing down and resting (gasp!) can have benefits. We might put more energy into our self-care routines, focusing on the areas that the virus tends to attack. We re-evaluate our priorities and use our fight or flight energy to not escape a threat, but to tune into what we genuinely need.

When our human tools to maintain status quo run out, plants remind us that it doesn’t have to be game over; it’s not the end of the story. The story has just begun.

Further Resources

The Revolutionary Genius of Plants by Stefano Mancuso

Plants Use Underground Communication to Learn When Plants are Stressed

Plants Communicate to Warn Against Danger

Video on the Amazing Ways that Plants Defend Themselves

Stress-induced Memory Alters Growth of Clonal Offspring of White Clover

Forget Homeschooling During the Pandemic. Teach Life Skills Instead

What Needs to Change in America’s Food System

Discovery and characterization of the 1918 pandemic influenza virus in historical context

Richard E. Shope, 1957 Albert Lasker Award

Climate Change and Coronavirus

#plantsense #plantteachings #plantlife #plantsarepeopletoo #plantallies #planthumor #plantblr #naturelovers #learnfromnature #covid19relief #second wave #pandemic #stayhomesavelives #coronavirus #virology #radical acceptance #nervous system #fightflightfreeze #stefano mancuso

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farazberjis · 3 months

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Stress may lead to fight, flight, freeze or feed response. Eating fast is stressful for our bodies. When we are under real or perceived stress or are not aware or present, then we may inadvertently overeat or binge eat. What if we practice slowing down and sitting with gratitude when eating? This process allows our brain and hormones to guide us to eat what’s just right for us. This allows us to digest and absorb better and we can become happier and healthier. #foodcraving #overeating #stress #macronutrient #joy #gratitude #fasteating #awareness #processedfoods #nutrition #bodymetabolism #eatingdisorder #fightflightfreeze #dieting #obesity #bingeeating #coreintegrativedigestivewellness #cidw #farazberjis #guthealth #coredigestive #wellness #health #mindbodyspirit #gutbrainaxis #mindbodyconnection #digestivewellness #probioticfood #appetite # #wellbeing #sympatheticnervoussystem #absorption #nutrientmanagement #nutrientrichdiet #hormones

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claytonmdavis · 4 years

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Reposted from @traumaandco Repost @sarahmariannmartland • • • • • • It is normal to feel disoriented when experiencing trauma, including collective trauma, or when your trauma responses are activated. (During my first meeting on Monday morning, I thought it was Friday!) ・・・ . . . . . . . . . . . #TraumaandCo #Trauma #ComplexTrauma #PTSD #PTSDAwareness #CPTSDAwareness #ComplexPTSD #CPTSD #PostTraumatic #Traumatic #TraumaAwareness #TraumaInformed #TraumaInformedCare #TraumaSupport #Disorientation #Disoriented #Reorientation #Dissociation #FightFlightFreeze #NervousSystem #NervousSystemRegulation #Grounding #SelfCompassion #SelfCare #MentalHealth #MentalHealthAwareness #Depression #DepressionAndAnxiety #Anxiety #CollectiveTrauma https://www.instagram.com/p/B-nDia9Bp1f/?igshid=7blmmtlx9hoh

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