Today I wanted to share with you some of my thoughts on ‘trauma’ and why I feel compelled to develop this course.
Throughout my life, my studies and my career I’ve developed my own views on trauma. For me, the conventional definition of trauma left me thinking that ‘trauma’ was only for people who had gone to war or been violently physically abused.
However, kinesiology has helped me shaped a different perspective. My studies have taught me that our seemingly unimportant day-to-day ‘trauma’s” can deeply impact our bodies. We already know that each will react uniquely to the same trigger, and it is the memory of our prior experiences which will often shape our current perspective.
Throughout my life, my studies and my career I’ve developed my own views on trauma. For me, the conventional definition of trauma left me thinking that ‘trauma’ was only for people who had gone to war or been violently physically abused.
However, kinesiology has helped me shaped a different perspective. My studies have taught me that our seemingly unimportant day-to-day ‘trauma’s” can deeply impact our bodies. We already know that each will react uniquely to the same trigger, and it is the memory of our prior experiences which will often shape our current perspective.
My kinesiology experience absolutely supports this. In sessions, I have worked with clients who demonstrated a traumatised physical response to a range of triggers which created a stress response which was far less ‘traumatic’ than a soldier's experience in Afghanistan. Examples of seemingly un-traumatic events (in the traditional sense) include:
• an unexpected and unwanted relationship breakup;
• workplace bullying;
• ongoing family disputes;
• hearing the news of a serious and life changing medical diagnosis;
• news of a friend being hospitalised
As a result, I’ve seen first hand that it is not so much the event itself that can define the trauma but the reaction to it. Yes, basically, what I am saying is that we are all traumatised in one way or another.
You might be concerned by this, but I am not, and here are two reasons why.
1. If we are all traumatised, then our compassion for trauma and our ‘triggered’ responses grows.It also means that if we are feeling traumatised in a ‘normal situation’ i.e not war, then we can give ourselves a break and work on coming up with a solution.
2. Right now, there is plenty of emerging research on trauma and neuroplasticity that suggests that body-based and non-talking therapies can lead to excellent outcomes. Trauma expert van der Kolk talks specifically about meditation, yoga, and martial arts as examples.
If you don’t have time to do the research, don’t worry, I’ve done this for you and I'll be covering this in Module 4 of my Crisis to Connection course. To find out more click here
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