Ways Trauma Changes The Brain

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Trauma and healing rewires the brain. Evaluating where you are mentally and emotionally is critical to self-care, which is health care. As someone diagnosed with PTSD due to extensive abuse, I thought I’d be stuck in the eye of the storm for the rest of my life. Taking baby steps everyday has significantly decreased my tiggers and improved my overall well-being. Continuously acknowledging my truth, that I wasn’t better, meditation, exercise, especially yoga, journaling, breath work, walks in nature, ground me, relaxing my nervous system. Finding the right therapist, a black woman like myself, who aligned with my spiritual beliefs was a game changer.

Please remember you’re not damaged, you’re someone responding to what’s happened or happening to you. Oftentimes trauma is coupled with shame, not your burden to bear. You’re the victim, give yourself grace. Via: Dr.GillianOSheaBrown

This Ain’t Me, I Don’t Use People

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How y’all niggas tried to do me when I was engaged to Mick Jagger. Like y’all dead owe me an apology. My cat was named after him (he loved her dramatic ass), I slept with his picture next to my bed every night, I declined being in his music video, saved his life…l really loved that man practically my entire life.

I’m no user, or I would’ve been had a ring on it from prior men. Also I dumped him. No amount of money, fame, or power could fix him intentionally ruining Sara Tam’s wedding. Missing her walk down the aisle was the final straw! Plus I like working, I took time off due to severe PTSD. Don’t assume, ask. More power to Shawna for being honest about hers, she’s not about shit for this ROTFL. Via: McMagic Official

Updated: 10/4/2024 12:06am

Experiencing Trauma Changes Your Needs

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Treat yourself with some grace, trauma rewires the brain. After all we’re products of our environments and experiences. Being tortured for years I was no longer interested in the things I love, not as productive, and only able to handle a fraction of my usual activities. Sometimes I’d get upset with my new behavior, now I’m proud for having accomplished anything, pushing myself as best I could under the circumstances. Especially having a fried nervous system that prevented sleep, now I need more to heal and that’s okay. Sleep is a gift. Acknowledge your trauma and act accordingly. Via: Furthur_Coaching

Don’t Forget Your Feet!

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Doing yoga I learned putting your feet up is a health must. This infinitesimal action has many benefits like removing toxins that have settled there. Other perks include increased circulation, improved digestion, soothes the nervous system (a must for mental health disorders like PTSD) and relieves pain in the feet, hamstrings and back, to name a few. Health is wealth, don’t overlook like your feet when taking care of yourself. Get massages, stretch your toes, move your ankles in circles.Via: Cosmopolitan

Are You Burnt Out?

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This time last year I was at my wits, end down to my skin breaking out. Overwhelmed, overworked, taken advantage of, burnt out and abused terribly is an understatement. Currently I feel amazing after prioritizing my mental health, giving me a much needed life reset. I must admit managing my PTSD sans medication is no easy feat. I underestimated how it was affecting my day to day in every way, this disorder isn’t a joking matter. You have to actively work at combating your trauma. Feeling the best you can in healthy ways is of the upmost importance, life is too short and you deserve to enjoy it. Mental health matters, if you’re feeling spent don’t ignore it, trust me it compounds. Are you burnt out? Via:_Mindfully Fresh

Feeling Safe Is Essential

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Prior to my last relationship being, feeling…safe, wasn’t a priority to me. In truth I’d never thought about it when searching for love, but life tints different after an abusive partner. Having someone make me feel safe is now number one, there is no other way for it to be having PTSD (read My PTSD Diagnosis). My body carries that trauma, as does my brain. Getting my nails done, having someone float me around in a pool, getting a colonic, “You’re so tense, relax, relax,” they all say. That’s when I realize how rigid I am, because I live in fight or flight mode, everyday, subconsciously.

For anyone to think they can aid in hurting me and I’d be interested in anything with them is deluded, disgusting and equates to Chace Crawford, or Chris Evans. How fucking dare you? Sebastian Stan saved my life, you really think you could ever offer me more? He’s my twin flame and he acts like it. It’s funny, the whole time they thought he was making a fool of himself, confirming their toxic masculinity, racism, and how they believe women should be treated poorly. He’s crazy, but he’s no fool. They deserve everything that’s coming to them. You reap what you sow, so they earned it. White trash. Who makes you feel safe? Is that something you think about? Why or why not? Via: Dark Space Arts

Updated: 5/17/2024 12:10am

Three Steps To Dealing With Triggers

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If something is triggering you, one it’s not your fault. Being looped back into trauma can feel like failure, but healing isn’t linear. A single moment doesn’t erase all the others of progress. Don’t blame yourself, you’re doing the best you can!

Secondly, identify what it is that’s setting you off and remove, or confront it. Sometimes it’s an epiphany that you deal with head on. Other times it’s something that needs to be removed, like a person. My karmic is my trigger, conjuring up abuse from this life and our past ones. Not interacting with him, giving him any energy, has decreased my PTSD episodes enormously.

Lastly, ask for help. This is hard for me to do, but once I did, the energy shifted and I was able to take action. Acknowledging you need others feels like a fault, it’s not. Sometimes you’re too weak, or just don’t have the means, you need a support system. Humans are tribal beings, not islands, that’s how we surpassed all other homo species. Teamwork. Be it therapy, or any other means (writing, meditation, reiki etc…), getting help is healthy. Remember pride is what made the devil the devil. How do you handle trauma triggers? Via: Keep It Up Super Shanti

Your Body Stores Your Trauma

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Trauma, negativity, all of it gets stored in your physical and energetic (chakras, aura, soul) body. Pay attention to where you store the most tension, for me it’s my neck, shoulders, lower back and hamstrings. I also get very locked up in my sacral and root chakra. The PTSD episodes and flashbacks aren’t as often as they were since removing my ex.

Yin yoga is a good way to release pent up negativity. This was my introduction to the practice https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICanFGTsW8c. I can’t believe how open, flexible, free my body is since getting into it. I’ll warn you Boho Beautiful is really intense, practice makes perfect though, the more you do it, the better you get. What’s stored in your body? Why? How do you release it? Via: Insight.Corner

You Are Not Your Trauma

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Yeah your trauma shapes you, but it doesn’t define you. You are so much more than that. As a victim of abuses, struggling to battle episodes of PTSD I know it’s easier said than done. Even a Goddess can be a victim of the mind, this is a body carrying me after all. I know I’m going through to empathize with people and help them. Experience is our best teacher. You aren’t just the residual effects of the bad things you went through. I’m an artist, an aesthete, a volunteer, a guardian of civilization, strong, a healer, a student, mystery solver, demon slayer, kindhearted…empower yourself, what are you? Artist: Louisa A Choi

Sleeping Hacks For Insomniacs

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When my PTSD was crippling I couldn’t sleep, it was really bad. The insomnia was real. At some point I was grateful for two hours of shut eye. Even smoking weed didn’t help, fearing being attacked further by my abusers and their aids I was in a constant state of high alert. Safety, that’s all I wanted to feel. I had to find a way to rest. Forcing myself to read and take lessons finally weighed my eyelids with a heaviness I could no longer fight. Here are some tips to help those still struggling. If there are any other tricks feel free to share them. Artist: Just Girl Project