Recovery
from Trauma
Childhood abuse—sexual, physical, emotional, or spiritual—doesn’t
stop in childhood.
We may still carry with us beliefs like:
• “It was all my fault.”
• “I deserved it.”
• “I should have been able to stop it.”
• “Nothing I do is good enough.”
• “I’m unlovable.”
Childhood trauma also changes
our brain, our nervous systems and how we process emotions. Sometimes we can’t shut our feelings
off, and sometimes we shut down. The abuse changes our very physiology.
Problems with emotional
regulation, self-destructive beliefs, and out-of-whack physiology
can keep getting us in trouble. When we’re triggered, we may
either zone out or act out. We may have difficulties in our relationships.
We may have problems with sleep, intrusive memories, and basic self-care.
But we can break out of
those patterns. We can update our beliefs to fit with our current
reality. Therapy, including techniques such as EMDR, can help us manage
our emotions and bring ourselves back into physiological balance.
Addiction and trauma are often intertwined. Recovery from each helps
in the recovery from the other.
When we’re free of
the aftereffects of trauma, we don’t have to react over and over
again to those old hurts. We have the freedom to live life as it is
now.
Get help today, contact
Jack for a free 20 minute consultation, 303-245-0552, or email contact
Jack.
Beneath the addictions, beneath the trauma, beneath the pain are three
basic needs:
To Be Loved
To Love
To Belong
