Parental Alienation Archives
Dissociation and avoidance behaviors
Posted on February 21, 2021 Leave a Comment
Dissociation and avoidance behaviorsDissociation is the essence of trauma. The traumatic experience is split off and fragmented so that the emotions, sounds, images, thoughts, and physical sensations enter and are re-experienced in the present. These people react to even the smallest irritations as if they are being annihilated and cannot understand why. A common reaction […]
Panic Attacks
Posted on February 21, 2021 Leave a Comment
Other common symptoms or effects of trauma are: Flashbacks and projectionThe traumatic event had a beginning, a middle, and an end. But flashbacks can be even worse: You never know when they will occur or how long they will last. Traumatized people often “project” their trauma onto people and everyday situations, seeing risks and dangers […]
The Body Keeps The Score
Posted on February 21, 2021 Leave a Comment
When your caregivers regularly ignore your needs, you learn to expect rejection and withdrawal. You cope by tuning out their hostility or neglect and pretending it doesn’t matter. But the body keeps score: it remains in a state of high alert, ready to ward off blows, deprivation, or abandonment. One of the most devastating effects […]
Vagus Nerve
Posted on February 10, 2021 Leave a Comment
The vagus nerve represents the main component of the parasympathetic nervous system, which oversees a vast array of crucial bodily functions, including control of mood, immune response, digestion, and heart rate. It establishes one of the connections between the brain and the gastrointestinal tract and sends information about the state of the inner organs to […]
