:( Not much chance they can "get over it" while they're still in it and suffering the consequences, really. Duh!
They say the same out here but the majority of the country is suffering every single day. Still.
Okay re the freeze. I still avoid the trauma processing btw. It's a bitch. And I don't like to cry so grieving is not my thing at all. Still.. the only way out is through or it keeps returning in my experience.
These days I even know exactly what it is, but still I'll resist doing the work :D For days, sometimes!
But I've managed to do it all slowly over these years. My first year... I cried pretty much for a year.
Still have a bit here to go but I'm avoiding it. Of course :D It doesn't freeze me or slow me down anymore though.
Slow and steady with this stuff. Always.
Honestly... and I keep returning to this... the beginning of the work for me was the PolyVagal stuff. Just checking in with my nervous system all day and everyday. Nowadays I'm so naturally aware of this that I feel it instantly when I'm in a situation that is (was) a trigger. When you begin to become this aware you begin to see patterns. When you begin to see the patterns you can being to create a map back to the primary traumas.
It's more obvious when I can finally write the story and show how things unfolded, via various therapies and bits of information I found.
The Body Keeps The Score explained it all so well for me..
I know what you mean about checking in with the nervous system. It's like this dog or child you have to tend. 'Just looking after my NS.' 'My NS needs some love right now '.
Once you understand the biochemistry it makes it easier to respond in a healing, healthy way
Yes :)
And to catch things and manage them before it escalates into a full panic attack or freeze reaction 👍
Box breathing is my rescue remedy ..
Oh.That sounds interesting. Ta. I'll look it up :)