Hyper-Vigilant Symptoms from Trauma Can Be Eradicated! We naturally heal from trauma and when those mechanisms do not work, EMDR can help activate our our natural healing process to help clear painful symptoms of hyper-vigilance. When a traumatic event happens, the primitive part of the brain that protects us from danger (attacking lions, etc) is triggered. This puts us into fight, flight, or freeze mode. We get an important surge of energy and a hyper-vigilance which is necessary to escape the dangerous situation. Many people can experience a very stressful event (rape, robbery, car accident, etc) and after several weeks of talking with friends, praying, journaling, and dreaming; their brain is able to self-soothe and recognize that the threat is no longer there. Dreams are an important part of our automatic self-healing. During the REM (Rapid Eye Movement) portion of sleep, the left half of the brain (rational) is able to communicate with and self-soothe the right half of the brain (emotional) part of the brain. In any given night, we have a similar dream 8 to 15 times a night. The first dream starts with a problem and by the last dream; there is a solution to the problem. Through our dreams, we create scenarios that allow us to master experiences that we did not have the chance to master in real life. During this process our brains sends a signal to the amygdala that we are safe now. When this happens, we are able to go back to normal. We still are able to recall disturbing memories of what happened, but we are not experiencing our everyday life as if the event is continuing to happen in the present. However, for some, the traumatic event is so threatening that a part of our brain stays stuck in the trauma (creating PTSD). Since our brain is telling us that the threat is still there, our nervous system responds by keeping us in a hyper-vigilant state. This can be extremely painful for us, our partners, co-workers and friends. by Todd Harvey, MFT (continued) For the rest of the article, check out my blog at: toddharveymft/hyper-vigilant-symptoms-from-trauma-can-be-eradicated/
Posted on: Fri, 28 Jun 2013 01:28:54 +0000
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