EP149 How to recognize symptoms of trauma
Description
Have you considered that the inability to self-correct your drinking habits could be a sign of trauma?
Most high achieving professional women associate the word "trauma" with violence, sexual assault or emotional abuse and neglect, and assume they don’t qualify because nothing “that bad” has ever happened to them.
Instead, they attribute their bad habits to a lack of discipline or motivation and try to shame themselves into “snapping out of it.”
But you can’t snap out of trauma–and shaming yourself causes more trauma. You must work with your nervous system to restore a sense of safety in your body– going slow and being patient with yourself. Because the root cause of alcohol use disorder is shame. Which means the solution is learning how to feel confident in your resilience.
In this episode, you’ll learn:
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What trauma is (and what it isn’t)
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How to recognize the symptoms of trauma in your own life
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The difference between a stress response and trauma response
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A simple technique to stimulate your vagus nerve and reset your nervous system to a parasympathetic state so that you can re-engage with your life feeling powerful and in control.
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