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by Joanne Deaker @reconnectme_nz  Taking a step back and witnessing or observing ourselves when we become triggered is an important step in helping our emotional well being.
This can be challenging especially initially so please go easy on yourself... a momentary pause before a reaction is a good start, with the reaction reflected on later. Things to observe and/or reflect on:
At some stage in your past a traumatic imprint was created. Trauma is what happens within us and not what happened to us. Various events in our lives, even apparently ‘minor’ ones (especially if they are repeated), can deeply affect us and bring up various emotions. When we perceive a ‘new’ event as similar to our past imprinted event, we become triggered and tend to repeat the same reaction we have in the past. Breaking these patterns begins with awareness, being able to feel into our body and allowing the emotion to pass before responding. All much easier said than done! Wishing you all the best in this crazy human life journey. x Joanne
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by Joanne Deaker @reconnectme_nz  Most of us think of trauma as ‘BIG T’ traumas such as major car accidents, loss of a family members or friends, sexual abuse etc but there are many many things that traumatize us as we go through life - right from in utero when we may have been traumatized by taking on an unconscious belief from struggling parents or to being bullied at school or later in a work situation. More recently we are likely to have been traumatized around the lockdowns, the fear of getting sick, the fear of injections, being excluded or having friends excluded, job threats, division due to different opinions and much more.
I believe we are all traumatized. The only difference is the degree, and the situation that led to it. Trauma is not so much what happens to us but what happens within us (it is often subconscious and plays out in our belief patterns, triggers and emotional reactions). So in order for us to start feeling better we must firstly acknowledge the possibility of its existence, then we can begin to process our triggers and associated emotions, uncover our unconscious belief patterns and process the unresolved trauma, and heal. xx Joanne |
Joanne Deaker / Reconnect Me provides online life transition therapy (using arts and somatic processes) to adults in times of change.
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Reconnect Me Takaka, Golden Bay, Nelson Region, New Zealand +64 272486116 |
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Keywords: life transition therapy, change, worldview shifts, divorce/separation, empty nest, personal development, arts therapy, somatic therapy, embodied processing
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© Joanne Deaker 2023. All images, designs and verses in this site cannot be sold or used without written consent from Joanne.