Talking about Trauma won't heal you

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Create a Crisis Safety Plan to manage suicidal ideation, prevent suicide, and build emotional resilience. Learn suicide prevention tools that save lives. Join Therapy in a Nutshell’s membership: https://courses.therapyinanutshell.com/membership You'll get instant access to all 10 life-changing courses, live weekly Q&As, and a supportive community for just $27/month. Learn how to manage anxiety, process trauma, regulate emotions, and build lasting resilience so that you can live a deeply rich and meaningful life! Talking about trauma doesn’t heal trauma. For a lot of people it makes them feel much worse. Especially if you have PTSD This is one thing that sets human brains apart from animals. When we visualize something, whether it’s a past trauma or a worry about the future, we perceive danger. And our brain triggers the same physiological reaction to perceived danger as it does to real danger. It triggers that cascade of stress chemicals that kick off the fight/flight/freeze response. Instead I'm going to teach you an approach from narrative therapy, where you heal from trauma and PTSD by writing a new story, exploring how you trauma narratives impact you in the present moment and how to replace them with a practical visualization exercise. 00:00 Intro 01:05 Nutshell 02:38 And Visualization has just 4 steps 02:49 #1 Explore the beliefs you’ve adopted because of trauma 04:31 #2. Write what the healed version of yourself would say when he says “I am…(dot dot dot)” 0

Published 2025-03-20 · Watch on YouTube ↗
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