How to Release and Process Emotions Trapped in Your Body Like Trauma and Anxiety
So I’m a believer in evidence-based treatments, which means treatments that show through rigorous research to be effective consistently and not harmful in treating these certain disorders.
For a very long time, the field of psychology was dominated by psychologists who insisted that the way to change how you feel is to change how you think, and honestly, that is true. It’s at least partially true. When you change how you think, you can change how you feel, but there’s something deeper than thoughts. The older more instinctual part of your brain actually has superiority over your cortex and modern research into trauma and anxiety work is showing that your nervous system really runs the show. For many people, you can’t just think your way out of emotions, but when you calm your nervous system, you can then think clearly as well. Today, you’re going to learn about the two states of your nervous system, how emotions can get stuck in the body or nervous system, and how to train your nervous system to be calmer so that you can process through emotions, feel happier, and make better choices.
Now quick review, when we feel unsafe, our nervous system has a way to get activated in order to respond to threats; this is the sympathetic nervous system response. This is what leads to the…
