While not everyone thinks of his- or herself as a “victim of trauma” or feels the need for formal trauma treatment, most would agree that we all have a need for experiencing a greater sense of safety within the body.
Recently I was fortunate to attend an online lecture by the author of the article “From Islands to Landmasses: Gradually Increasing a Sense of Safety within the Body.” Dr. Jon Caldwell, D.O., Ph.D., is a board certified psychiatrist specializing in the treatment of adults with relational trauma histories and addictive behaviors. It is such gift that he teaches students, interns, residents, and professionals in medicine and mental health about how childhood adversity influences our health and well-being as adults.
To whatever degree you, or someone you know, has suffered emotionally, we all owe it to ourselves to check out some of the information about how our birth and childhood stories become our biology. Caldwell has insightful information about recovery treatment in general, and a significant piece everyone should read about the consequences of relational trauma.
Simply coming from our utopian environment in the womb—where we are not hungry and we are warm as we float comfortably—into the cold, cruel world, can be recognized as traumatic.
This week, notice the evidence that all human beings have some relational trauma and look for opportunities to regulate your own emotional state regardless of what is happening in the world around you.
This health tip originally appeared online at https://scs-matters.com/
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Rev.Debra Basham
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