Chakra imbalances can cause recurring pain or stiffness, and balancing these chakras can help improve physical, mental, and emotional health. The root chakra, located at the base of the spine, is responsible for balance among all chakras and can manifest with emotional and physical issues when blocked. Physical imbalances in the root chakra include problems in the legs, feet, rectum, tailbone, immune system, male reproductive parts, and more. Balancing the Manipura Chakra can help manage ADHD symptoms by improving digestion, increasing personal power, and creating healthy boundaries.
The third or solar plexus chakra, located three inches above the navel, can also cause physical imbalances such as digestive problems, liver dysfunction, chronic headaches, hyperactivity, and addictions. Overactive third eye chakra symptoms include difficulty concentrating, space out easily, and brain fog. Sacral chakra imbalances can lead to issues with intimacy, emotional instability, lack of emotion, stifled creativity, addictions, and feelings of instability in the body.
Signs of a blocked crown chakra include low energy, headaches, and low ability to function. Obsessive attachment to people is common with an overactive sacral chakra, which may result in manipulating others. Emotional issues can also be observed when the root chakra is out of balance, such as problems in the legs, feet, rectum, tailbone, and immune system.
In conclusion, recognizing and balancing the root chakra and the solar plexus chakra can help manage physical, mental, and emotional health issues. By identifying and addressing these imbalances, individuals can work towards a healthier and more balanced life.
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I came here because I took an online test and needed to know what “overactive/underactive/open” meant. Idk exactly how accurate the test is but some results sounded legit: how my sacral is overactive and root and plexus underactive. While it didn’t come off as a surprise, after perusal your article and reading the comments, it made much more sense. I also seem to struggle a lot with the root chakra all the time, and now I learn that the lower chakras are harder to heal! Also, I didn’t know it was responsible for creating routine and working hard, it makes sense now why I’ve been unable to follow a regular work routine for a long time (probably since it became blocked two years ago). Usually if I am in a place where I am not comfortable and can’t be myself, I am unhappy and cannot perform well at work and have my beautiful daily routine of breakfast, yoga, etc. It’s good to know what I need to work on. Thanks a lot!
Hello hope you have beautiful day too thanks for these articles they are so helpful. I have a question we say some foods are more associated with certain chakras for example peper or chocolate makes sacral chakra more active so lets assume I have an overactive sacral chakra should I avoid eating those foods ?
Thank you, I LOVE PARIS! !YES! Also love the great awakening! I keep waking up and staying up at night, with my Manipura vibrating. Mind starts going, I get a song in my head, and I just want to dance! Problem is, I’m in a wheelchair–for now–and need to sleep so that I can do physio all day (so I can actually follow the dream…) I do love having that naturally vibrant 3rd chakra energy in the DAYTIME lol! Funny thing is, I’ve been working on heart coherence, not solar plexus energy!
This is me. I tend to cry or get angry and defensive when I’m upset because my cptsd causes my body to go haywire even in small disagreements or issues. People see me as over dramatic. Which causes even more tension in relating w others. I learned from Anna that I was dysregulated and it helped alot. I wish they would study BPD and childhood trauma more closely. It’s a really hard line to walk.
Emotional dysregulation is a major symptom for many of the mental health issues, depression, anxiety, PTSD, CPTSD, Autism, BPD, Trauma, Asperger Syndrome any help to reregulate your symptom is a big win for all sufferers. More you practice, more at ease you are and less drama in life. Finally with more and more consciousness of your inner sensations, focusing techniques, Somatic Experiencing, befriending your sensations, being more aware of your inner world, hugging your inner child, doing loving compassionate inquiry, doing mindfulness helps you to address your core issue. It looks like too many names, but at core they are same, Feel your feelings and be friendly and in acceptance of them.
My biggest takeaway from this was that ‘a part of your brain has switched off’ for rational thinking. I feel this statement alone takes out the intense level of responsibility I feel for being triggered after the fact and I feel less guilty and embarrassed by the intense emotional reactions and behaviours that eventuate. I feel a sense of relief reminding myself that I am not defined by these reactions/behaviours.
I find it interesting that it sounds so easy to pull out of an argument. Being a people pleaser I feel like that itself isn’t easy. Being in a conflict I feel I’m not allowed to leave. I’m glad she gives us some examples of what to say. I also feel I want it to just be over, so it will be hard for me to want to come back to once I’ve escaped! It takes so much out of me just standing up for myself, I feel I need those extreme feelings before I can act on my behalf. Then to need to basically re-visit the argument/fight without my rage doesn’t feel safe! How will I know they care about what I need to say, or will even listen? Conflict is fraught with extreme fear for me; I need to figure out that first. But, I totally love the idea of all my thoughts in a row, or organized so I don’t look like some sad idiot in a fight I’ll never win, because I don’t have the tools, and can’t express myself logically when triggered. I hope this makes sense. Any conflict turns on my triggers!
I appreciate articles like this that help me understand how my (many) traumas manifest physically. I just wish there was a way to completely heal from trauma but maybe in my next life I wont be so effed up. All of us have to just do our best and be kind to ourselves and one another. ((Big hugs)) to all my trauma survivors..we’re gonna be alright!
Yes Ive had this. I had it today. And I recognized it for the first time without having a panic attack. Sometimes to the point of disassociating because its so scary and painful. This article was just so helpful in identifying it. It was triggered by a party I hosted. Being vulnerable or intimate with anyone triggers it. This is a huge reason why I have not had a romantic relationship in years
I’m 43, the amount of catastrophic thinking, self hatred, anguish at the past I still feel that have totally dominated my life. I’ve spent most of the last 20 yrs bouncing between trauma bonding and limimernce i think you call it. No one I’ve ever loved has truly loved me back. It was alway me feeling more from a friendship than was or could ever be there or simply being used sexualy between that ive hidden in my flat using drugs and alcohol to cope. I’m trying to build a life from scratch right now but it’s so hard. I’m trying to get into volunteering work and I’m learning to drive and I’m pushed to my absolute limits. I spend so much time crying and feeling like there’s nothing in life left for me, and thinking my brain is so broken I can’t learn to drive even.
1) Notice you are triggered. 2) Say to yourself “I am feeling triggered” or “I am having an emotional reaction” 3) Make sure you’re safe. Separate/excuse yourself from the situation or conversation however possible and defer until you are less triggered. 4) Stomp your feet on the ground, say “left, right” as you stomp to ground yourself into your body. 5) Take 10 deep breaths. Push your tongue against the back of your teeth. 6) Sit down and feel the weight of yourself in the chair. 7) Eat a protein-rich snack to ground yourself. 8) Wash your hands. 9) Take a cold shower. 10) Get a squeezing hug or hug yourself. Push yourself into a corner, and wrap your arms around yourself.
Well I can honestly say as one who’s battle a lifetime; learning techniques are very critical in your time of need. If you don’t stop to do something on purpose when you need to do it, then we’re going to lose things along the way. I also appreciate somebody coming in and sharing as well who’s not licensed or has a major degree. Often times I have found it more helpful with those who have walked through it, and experienced it to be the most helpful people in the world! Thank you!!! 😊
These are great tips, thank you! Question: I’m struggling with #3 with respect to excusing myself. Isn’t it tantamount to the flee response? (In my relationship I tend to hit fight (screaming to be heard), then flee (when I’m not). My partner is also a trauma survivor and he doesn’t stop when I ask him to stop.) Sharing: As I listened to the list, I found myself grouping them into simple steps. I thought I’d share, in case anyone finds this helpful. (Hopefully helpful, rather than disrespectful.) 1. Acknowledge the trigger: recognize it, communicate it (to yourself, to others if you choose). 2. Find a safe space: pause a conversation, excuse yourself, stop driving etc. 3. Get grounded in your body/the present: stamp your feet, breathe long and slow, sit down, wash your hands, take a cold shower, (*eat something). 4. Self-soothe: get/give yourself a good hug, (*eat something). *I think of eating as comforting, so that’s where it naturally goes for me, but may be a grounding activity for others, especially those with greater mindfulness practices than I have.
This was very helpful, I’ve suffered from CPTSD for years and it seems I always make it worse by not walking away from toxic people or situations, and instead I just dwell in my anger and upset feelings. It’s exhausting, and I always felt trapped in this cycle. This article reminds me that my reactions to triggers can change through practice.
I dealt with childhood trauma when I was in college and took advantage of their counseling. It was my “almost adult free therapy”. It helped a lot with my mindset. I’m not perfect but I’m a better version of myself and will continue to be better. I’m out of quicksand of childhood trauma. Here’s the kicker- I lived with in laws for the past 2 years to save for our house. It was like Re-entering childhood trauma but in another dimension. I realized I was living as an outlaw with narcissistic in laws. Now that we have our own place, I think I need to start going to counseling again but excited for the opportunity to heal
Noticing whether I am triggered was not easy in the beginning. When I noticed it, it was already hard to get out of the situation making me triggered. I made a time to sit down to think about the situation making me triggered and had something to eat, and I realized that I am changed, not others. My behavior makes a difference!
You touched on so much. I’m almost overwhelmed with how much I relate to. But here lies another thought, and my question. ????Why do I feel the need to share this with people who don’t understand me??? The people in my family do not engage with me. I have a tremendous amount of self doubt but do feel empowered with learning something that may explain. If only I could enjoy what is left of my life and feel loved by my family. This is where I struggle and I know that I can get some of my needs met spiritually too if my perspective and focus isn’t dysregulating .
Most helpful thing for me was quitting all sugar and caffeine and drinking only water. I also take 5 deep breaths…quick in and slow out 3-5 times per day. Huge difference over time. I still have sugar, but only after an event or conversation or on a day where I’m just at home. If I get anxious before speaking, I just tell myself I’m excited and it helps.
Thank you so much for this article. I have been using food to settle my state when I am triggered into complex ptsd. I’m going to start trying stamping my feet and washing my hands from now on. I finally have hope that I can lose the weight from stopping the eating to self sooth. Do not eat to self soothe guys. I did and I gained so much weight that it gave me a stroke after 7 years of using food as a soother. Don’t do it!!!!
Emma thanks for having her on here. perusal this made me cry thinking about my childhood trauma. It’s weird how it will hit me bam! And sometimes I don’t even know why, it’s just there. I freeze up & I can’t think, I get locked up in it hard to react. I’ve been working on it but it still shows up at times. I found a breathing technique that works when I get flashbacks those don’t happen too much anymore thankfully. But it helps to breathe through it & tell myself I’m safe I’m ok. These tips will help me & I will try my hardest to notice a trigger sometimes it’s not so easy to see but I will make more of an effort next time. Saving for future use tyvm both of you ♥️
I’ve been to therapy many times for this exact reason and not one therapist explained this to me. I was kinda left feeling like I was just erratic and it was my fault and I just need to learn how to control myself and get it together. Thank you for this. I feel so validated and much less “crazy” for my reactions and outbursts. lol
Kids are one of my big triggers. When they’re doing stuff that I would get in trouble for, or my siblings would so, and I’d get in trouble for, I react. I tell, I scream, my body feels both cold and hot, and then somebody, usually another adult will tell me that I’m overreacting. I’ll yell back that no, I’m not, they have to learn to not do whatever, and it spirals from there. Now I know that I can always say to the kids that I need a time out. It works. I walk away physically from the situation, and take those deep breaths. It helps, and now I know why. Thank you.
Congratulations Emma on your new baby. Being a woman who has maintained a 100 pound weight loss for over 20 years I can tell you to be very cautious when using food to ground yourself. As far as breathing it seems as though there is some thing that blocks my ability to take a deep breath when I am in the throes of…. lastly I am wondering if either of you ever had a need for antidepressants to help Neuro plasticizing 🙂 your brain? ” when it’s hysterical it’s historical”😮
Another near loss almost happened in my family last month and my dormanf PTSD returned. I had no one to talk to so I shared with my coworkers my experiences and feelings. Of course, now I feel ashamed of having said anything. They are NOT people you should be sharing your feelings with looking for sympathy!
Congratulations 🎊 thank you for this I really need this. I call them episodes and I have them everyday. It’s debilitating at this pace and intense feelings of doom. I take medicine and do weekly therapy. I will show this to my husband so he can help remind me when I cant think straight. Have 5 diagnosis. Very exhausted but I’m still here lol. Now I can put into words what happens and aim to regulate asap so I can move on quicker. You guys are amazing!!!
Thank you for this. It’s very helpful. Soothing music is also helpful to me. Recognizing that I was just triggered is so important, because I went for decades not knowing what was going on and blamed others. So embarrassing 😳 to admit. Truly I didn’t know what was happening. Now that I know what to call it and how to deal with it, I can access and process quicker. I wish I had this knowledge sooner, better late than never. 😊
Anna is great and gave me insightful and quick ideas on how to regulate my body. I didn’t realize it at all that I need to do sth with my body when I’m having irritated emotions or I didn’t even realize I need to deal with my emotions before. Thanks emma too for bringing all these info and bring us back to a safe life. Pls invite Anna more often to help us❤
I feel like I should say this, this brought back a memory where at my old job they FORCED me to continue to work while being uncomfortable in many situations just to get the work completed. With no chance to walk away or voice my trigger. The manager quote said ” I was being to emotional and acting like a victim”. That karma is going to come back around.
Dear Emma, thank you so much for continuing your website, thank you Anna for helping us. Emma, well, congratulations on your newborn!! I hope all went well and everyone is happy and healthy!! 💞 And eh… not to brag or something… 😁 but tip nr. 4 is such a nice confirmation that I chose my self-therapy rightly, by picking up tapdancing… I stamp my feet every day!! In the most cheerful way. 😃😘
Hey Emma!! I was hoping if you could make a article on anxiety chest pain. Sometimes when I feel worried or anxious i have slight chest pains but even after solving my problem, that slight chest pain still remains. Could you help me out? When the chest pain returns for no reason, i start thinking of things that might be behind it and the cycle of overthinking restarsts. I hope you could help me out. Keep up the good work!! Your articles are truly life changing ^o^ P.S congrats on baby Hazel!! May your family live a long and happy life full of blessings and rid of harships!!
Thank you for this one. I know that I have anxiety and can usually recognize when I’m badly triggered into (most likely for me) freeze mode, and I know it would be ideal for me to step back and calm down in such times, but my physical therapy internship and expected future jobs don’t allow for time to take a break. perusal this article during a calm time has allowed me to rationalize that when I’m feeling frozen, I could just choose from previous exercises that are already on the patient’s list, and I can think about adding new exercises when my brain is less frozen and better able to confidently make decisions.
Adhd and trauma (and now it triggers fibromyalgia) has caused me to have this problem all my life and had made working and other things extremely complicated and then I beat myself up so much for the struggle, and finally after so many years I understand that its not my fault and its a real struggle that is overwhelming for me, not a character flaw. Ive always felt overwhelming emotions, that cause everything else.to go out the window. Like theres no way I could make it through the rest of a day with people around etc once my emotions tank, I cant compartmentalize it.
@Anna, you had said it in another collaboration article with @Emma, and it sounded very familiar! It can take “Three Days” to come back from a dysregulated state. Although I haven’t analyzed my own wind-down period, as it is difficult to examine ourselves from an outside perspective, and because I’m learning to catch myself much sooner and intentionally reregulate, I can see this pattern of “Three Days” in others who appear to have C-PTSD. Thank you for taking a painful past through the beneficial process of healing, and for using your experience to help others benefit as well. 🧠❤️🩹🤗
Hi Emma, thanks for this article. My triggers set off, maybe, 5 weeks ago and I have been dealing with my symptoms almost everyday. It is like being back in my old body, its suffocating, painful, and hard every moment. Can you make a article or do you have any other existing articles for dealing with long-term persistent symptoms?
This is such excellent advice. I’ve watch both of you on YouTube for a couple years and your advice has been invaluable. The “Stomp your feet” tip made me laugh because in a really difficult situation, where I had no control over anything at all, the song “Hooked on a Feeling” came flooding into my head, I went to my room and I stomped to those ” Oogaa Chakas” until I cleared my head & exhausted my body. I still had no control over the situation but I did over myself.
I don’t know what happened to me. Since birth I knew evil I was NOT taught. I had great parents that did the best they could with the little they had. Instantly, I was evil. Backstabber, liar, tyrant, trouble maker, jealous, insecure- you name it. I had to battle this insanity my entire life. I did not want to be this way. I was not taught this. At 64, I finally live a decent life.
When I get dysregulated, it comes in a terrifying flood that feels completely out of control. I had a panic attack at a temp job once, because the backlog I was in charge of triggered me, reminding me of the workplace situation prior to my seeking temp jobs, where I was mobbed. I filed for stress, expecting some kind of work to learn how to deal with and manage it better, which never happened. So I was triggered by the situation, and terrified, and my workers comp psychiatrist had the nerve to tell me he thought I called him crying and hysterical because I had some imagined crush on him. This was not a regular occurrence. I gave that man zero reason to think such an arrogant, self-serving and baseless thing, while I was hysterically crying and trying to understand what happened to me. I think because of how I’ve been abused by, and through psychiatry (my narcissistic family has also enjoyed abusing me thru medicalized B.S. too), with what I’ve additionally learned about that industry and the non-scientific bases for diagnosis, that it’s full of incompetent self serving liars who care about money, not people. I have found a lot of people on this platform who know, and understand stress, and the phenomenon of dysregulation WAY better than ALL the experts I saw, including the one who told me, after meeting with my parents, that they were “narcissistic, emotionally abusive, and (that) the healthiest thing (I) ever did was to move as far away from them as (I) did.” Thank you. People like Anna are life savers.
I need to be loved and to love… somethings I have a hard time thinking when I am in pain is that I deserve that love…I am…. Trauma and pain trigger the hurt of abandonment and loss of my childhood…my innocence…my illness now is in the abused areas and it was triggered by my pain not mattering to anyone
It’s really frustrating when I try to be friendly and it’s meet with coldness. I feel as though I am really trying to be open, yet so many people see me as not friendly.??? That’s where I get triggered and I can’t contain my frustration. Then, I get a reputation of being rude, mean, or something along those lines. I don’t understand people at all. They all seem to understand each other just fine. My biggest disappointment in life as an adult is the realization that the middle school cliques are the reality for ever, and I’m not invited. I’m a good person. I have a lot to offer, but no one to share with. I wish I understood.
I don’t think I had childhood trauma, I’ve had a few pretty hard experiences as an adult. But what you said describes what I’ve been going through for quite a few years now. I feel guilty for being the way that I am because I was not abused, my dad was “indifferent” ” and I didn’t feel like he liked me or loved me but he didn’t abuse me. I feel guilty because I’ve recently had to go on anxiety medicine because it’s gotten so bad. Thank you for this article, I hope it will work.
These tips are cute but they probably won’t help those of us who suffer from more severe symptoms, to those I would recommend you check the Wym Hoff breathing method, 3 rounds of specific breathing helps more than any of these tips combined 😀 But good article, it’s great to be more aware of yourself in those moments. Thank you Anna
I just started perusal your articles, my sister had suggested your chanel but I forgot to take a look at it. My therapist said I need to learn to process my emotions but am still learning. I have been following Ann’s website for a while and j had no idea you guys collaborated I am so happy to see this! I am happy I started perusal your website. 🩷
I am hoping I get a response to this message! I did have childhood trauma…alcoholic father and repressed memories of sexual abuse. I went through over 3 years of talk therapy and thought I had worked through those issues. Then I married. Less than a year into the marriage, my husband became verbally abusive with fits of rage. I was blamed for all our problems and received less affection unless he wanted sex. At times I felt like a whole. Question: Could the abuse from my husband be considered trauma? It has taken me 40 years to get to this point. I want to heal. I feel like I need to deal with the emotions that I couldn’t feel years ago….so many losses. I would appreciate any advice from either of you ladies….Crappy childhood fairy or/and Therapy in a nut shell. Your articles have been very helpful even though I ‘m unsure where to start. Thank you.
Being unable to stop crying when angry/sad/touched emotionally: This has happened countless times in the most in opportune times. I felt so much shame.. Seeing others roll their eyes and click their tongue like ” there she goes again…” Thank you for identifying this feeling, and giving coping skills. I could have used this 40-50 years ago.
My anxiety goes up in high alert when my daughter is in town, she moved in with her dad 13 years ago and never came back to my home. It hurts and I feel abandonment from my childhood all over again, to top it off she spends all her time with him and doing things with him, and I get blown off. It hurts so bad. I keep thinking she will stand up to him or see his narcissism but she doesn’t!😢
I think these are helpful, but I really want to bring this to your attention. Most of these are not appropriate if you work in a people facing job. You cannot take 10 breaths if you’re a teacher. You cannot wash your hands if you’re in a lesson. You cannot take a cold shower. I can stamp my feet on the floor and and I can touch my tongue on the back of my teeth because no one can see me doing that even if they’re looking right at me, but I think when you’re thinking of self soothing responses it’s worth bearing this in mind as well. Sometimes we’re in a situation where we cannot take a break from 8am to 1pm. We are people facing without a single break where we cannot get space or remove ourselves from the situation. We’re trapped and I think ultimately that’s what causes CPTSD in the first place isn’t it. We’re in a situation where we cannot escape and we cannot show any emotion. I’ve started saying to myself. This is meaningless and what you’re thinking now is meaningless. Even though it sounds harsh and criical, it’s meant in a spiritual sense. That this exchange ultimately has no real sense of meaning.
What can you do when a family member seems to keep bringing up this triggered feeling but you can’t avoid them and they cause a lot of dysregulation by invalidation or tendency to want to argue with me? Open to any suggestions. And thanks for these wonderful articles. I have learned a lot and I’m slowly learning to become better at recognizing when this is happening, whereas before I just swept everything under my mental rug and tried to ignore my reality and emotions.
I’m not so comfortable with #4 and #6 because I feel like I’m telling my body it’s ‘okay’ to have temper tantrums and I’m really trying to regulate my emotions, I will try these steps I’m just a bit concerned because when it hits it’s like someone just set my hair on fire. Not sure how to regulate those emotions when everything is falling apart and that is the only thing I can see, but I will work on these 10 steps and thankyou so much for giving me the tools to deal with my emotioal wildfires,
I spent most of my childhood dealing with my mom being terminally ill (she had one serious illness then was diagnosed with cancer and her immune system collapsed). I get massively triggered by all these YouTubers talking about abusive childhoods that it’s your parent’s fault. My mom wasn’t at fault. And it makes me so upset any time I see these articles from Crappy Childhood Fairy and other sites who seem to be attacking my mom. I’m not sure I can get thru this article since I can’t stop crying right now, but I wish these YouTubers would realize that there are people who had incredibly bad childhoods whose parents were not to blame.
Literally fired up & stressed out today over my headphones getting stolen, my full cup of matcha tea spilling all over my stuff (carpet, white wood table, craft supplies, paperwork, phone, computer..) matcha that took 20 mins to prepare with all the fixings and 4 hours to clean up the mess, then to find my second set of bluetooth headphones broken, and then panicking finding out there’s no food in the house at 10 pm at night. I think I have the right to be angry.
Hello, I really appreciated the article. What I am now in the search for is information on resetting our nervous system. So I believe I have become very sensitized to stress. Eg: most peoples base stress response is like a 2/10 but my base response starts at 7/10. It takes little to push me over the edge and in to overwhelmed and emotional and fearful. It takes very little to upset me or overwhelm me. How can I dial this back so I am not so sensitized? The methods you mention in the article definitely work to bring me back down but wouldn’t it be fantastic if I could learn what to do dial down that set point permanently. I am having problems finding content on this. I hope either one of you or both will create a article about this. Thank you for all you do.
I am also just now learning that there is a term for what I deal with…. remnants from childhood wounds, emotional dysregulation, I’m learning that I’ve made it worse over the years by relying on sugar to lift my Emotions, and marijuana to escape my Emotions, i’m over 40 now and tired of the roller coaster. I appreciate this article. I have a question, I can see where these techniques would help me in the moment to try and calm down. Once I’m thrown off, is the idea through these techniques I may eventually become properly emotionally regulated? Or is this just Band-Aids? I have to use over and over and over again for the rest of my life?
WHOA… So I heard you suggest backing into a corner then hugging yourself. I thought, “naaah, really?” Then immediately went to try it lol. Dude, I INSTANTLY felt warmer, and smiled. There’s definitely something to that one! I felt it, like I almost tricked my body into thinking I was receiving an embrace from an external source. It felt… GOOD. Wow. Thanks, lovely Fairy. 😊
I knew it was bad when I had to start recording one on one meetings at work. I wouldn’t be present anyway…. And I knew with 100% certainty back in 11 grade, when I read a single sentence of my textbook …over and over for 5 minutes and still had not processed what I read. I was smart!!! I just wasn’t present. My eyes read but my brain couldn’t get a chance…
I’ve been just getting into your articles for anxiety today and one thing I’m stuck on is a fear of taking my long acting medication. It has big side effects that are pretty much the same side effects I’m dealing with naturally due to a tumour… but taking the medication will lower my anxiety (possibly) and clear up my vision, so I need to take it. But finding that I just can’t. It turned into a small phobia of all my medications in general and I’m trying to slowly take my easy tablets – that still cause anxiousness – to try to overcome my fear of my anxiety. Do you have a article or are you planning on doing a article for that area of anxiety? Or do you believe your articles should cover all of that? 🥹 feeling so frustrated
“Press your back into a corner and hug yourself”. This is so sad. First, we can’t let out our immediate emotions, then we have to self hug ourselves. I wish we as a society just loosened up a little for a while and just let ourselves be. And had each other to hug us without it seeming like a big encumbrance
I’m not sure if I have the same problem, because I don’t seem to have an external trigger. There is pretty much always a negative sensation in my body, and sometimes it just intensifies to the point where it becomes overwhelming and makes clear thinking impossible, but this happens without an obvious trigger. Of course the racing mind in turn triggers it even more, but it could start in any situation, including when I’m just in a safe place relaxing and caring for my body. I see how this can help with dissociation and calming the mind, but that doesn’t eliminate the constant, exhausting suffering my body puts me through, which soon causes the mind to race again. Calming my nervous system seems like a Sisyphean task: It takes hours of practice to get to an almost truely relaxed state, and as soon as I stop, the pressure in my body starts to rebuild and it starts all over. I mean, I’m not just doing 10 slow breaths, I’m praciting slow breathing all day and still my stress level is way up there. What is this and how can it be healed?
Its hard to tell people “I was suicidal at 7 and it hasnt really gotten better” Ive been chewing through my back molars, popping every single joint i own, heart rate never dips below a rapid tap, feels like anything i grab onto im going to squeeze until it breaks. Like trying to say “Hey im insane but i am trying to handle it”
I’m struggling with anxiety, fears, sadnesses, physical pains, and despair, having no job, no future, weakness, . I tried consulting therapists, psychiatrists and medications, and nothing works!! I got deathly sick and tired of life! I’m lost, alone, outcast, and desperate! I watched a lot of YouTube articles about my problems, and i found it very difficult, unclear, not specific, complex, and not useful. I don’t have the energy and motivation to do anything!!! Anyone can give me a specific, concrete, clear, simple baby steps to move on. Especially if someone experienced that before, what worked for them and think that it will objectively work for anyone!! I started doing only meditation in my life before 4 days, i do it plain and basic with no complexity, i don’t know if i will benefit from it, or if I’m doing it the exact accurate way!!!! And i do absolutely nothing more besides that. Lazy, sad, anxious, afraid, desperate!!!!! I get sick of life!!!!
Interestingly, I have come to realise my parents old age and physical decline has become a massive trigger for me. They are experiencing a lot of problems with health, physical and mental and that has required a lot of my attention, I have had to “look after” them, like children. The first time I had to do that I didn’t know what was happening to me but I couldn’t stop crying, I couldn’t stop panicking and I didn’t know why…that went for weeks. Now I know it happens when I have to deal with them and their problems but I still don’t understand why. I feel very emotional and anxious, like I have done something really bad and catastrophic and I don’t know how to fix it. I feel depressed and it can go for a long time. Every time I get a phone call from home I feel dread…like a stone will fall over my head…again. I don’t know why I feel like that, why this has become such a big trigger for me.
In the book ” How to remove Trauma Response “, by Alun Purry, the cure for ptsd and cpts is explored with memory reconsolidation … it cures limerance for good also ( with is an uncured symptom of cpts ) ! It really works ! It applies rewind technique, ideal parental protocol and other approaches for healing trauma and phobia for good !
What about if your nervous system seems to be in shock after anesthesia? My bf is only 34 and this is happening to him along with brain fog. It’s been going on for a month. We did an MRI, MRA, EEG and CT scan, there was no damage caused to the brain. He’s became extremely sensitive to everything after anesthesia including food. It
I just got a 2nd concussion which has also made my ans greatly I have been getting better but today was rough it was like all systems were going nuts even got hives and my digestive system is bad and I got overwhelmed in a store while this is a lot bc of concussion I think I’m also having a really rough time due to ptsd like a lot from childhood teenage adult and nursing do you think this is true? And how to stop it
I’m 19, I’m doing hard work in healing myself but I’ve only recently been able to SPEAK I’ve had to stay silent for so long, in trying to communicate with my boyfriend I can feel myself become triggered sometimes (other times I don’t notice until I’m in the midst and can feel irrational but almost don’t know how to get rational again) I tell him I’m getting triggered and that him constantly causing this dysregulation when Im doing my best to prevent it is not right and I don’t deserve that shit, his response to me was I’m not getting triggered I just want to control the conversation, earlier I could feel myself getting overstimulated and overwhelmed and he tried making a joke about my cough, I already didn’t feel good and asked him not to mock me, I got triggered and accidentally triggered him I understand that. I’m just getting really tired of being the understanding one and not being shown the same grace. Real fucking tired. Another thing he talks about is me yelling when I get triggered but at the beginning of our relationship, he would yell in my face maybe two inches away spitting and shit and he wants to tell me I’m disrespectful for finally expressing years and years of pent up silence? Im also masking SOMETHING and ive done it for so long Im tired if being uncomfortable for the sake of others comfort.
For me none of the advice would ever work. Since the concussion I had many years ago I really struggle to contain my negative emotions, especially anger or even hate, but I’ve learned that you can do double breathing (doubled inhalation) to calm yourself down. I can definitely recommend it to anybody feeling triggered ❤
There was some helpful stuff here, thanks. Non-breathing related strategies are very helpful, as breathing and awareness of your body always get mentioned, but for some of us breathing and body awareness can be a trigger and be tough. Stamping your feet was interesting in that I was just doing that yesterday and it did help. I’ve thought of it in terms of stimming, and the regrounding may be one reason stimming helps people on the spectrum. Still trying to sort out autism vs. trauma. I do want to comment: I get the Crappy Childhood Fairy angle on this, but I do feel it bears noting that CPTSD does not have to arise solely from childhood stresses. Given that DSM 5 doesn’t cover CPTSD, people who don’t “qualify” for a PTSD diagnosis are somewhat marginalized. And “childhood trauma” (the term my therapist uses) can be uncomfortable for someone who wasn’t really abused, and/or someone reaching senior status. So for myself, I feel validated by acknowledgement of CPTSD, but also benefit from the acknowledgement that CPTSD can be from childhood, later events, or both. Probably the last in my case, along with likely prenatal glucocorticoid exposures.
Have you done a article with any information on loss of appetite due to stress? I’m in a phase of work where I need to eat (physical job, carpenter) but I’m doing long hours, not able to get an ideal amount of sleep, and lots of stuff going on at home. I know I need to eat and rest but I gag when I put food in my mouth. My doctor told me to see a therapist but I can’t afford it, please help :'(
Is tingling ribs a sign of dysregulation? It happens occasionally and I told my parents I felt itchy inside. They thought I had candidiasis and put me on a diet to help me with my anxiety and depression (they did not take me to a dr, they had a holistic health book and used it to diagnose me themselves) but I was really suffering from being sexually abused. My dad was the abuser. I also think the diagnosis was his idea. I wonder if he knew why I was struggling and just diagnosed me to cover himself or he really thought I was sick. It happened constantly as a kid but pops up occasionally now even as an adult. Not to mention other signs of dysregulation. Thats just always been the weirdest one
I keep having breakdowns here lately and can’t stop crying people being extra rude at work not working together don’t their way or their tasks but then I’m to nice to nice people take advantage I don’t know how say no I feel I cry when I’m angry because don’t want blow up like a bomb.. mom very abusive molestation then domestic violence then nobody talk to.. some people don’t understand that you need a minute and harassing you more like for example a group of people surrounded me at work felt like gang up on bullying
I was basically forced forced to quit smoking while I was trying to care for my uncle that had dementia and also while recovering from having my teeth all removed because I shattered them slowly over time from tension holding everything in my whole life having melt downs from time to time and not taking care of myself very well I’m trailing off my point sorry. I was getting to the fact that while all this was going on, it was at the house the had the barn where some horrific things happened to me and it all came flooding in at once and then trying to quit smoking cold turkey on top of it all and then getting little to no support and being blamed for my own problems I finally snapped and it led to my entire family turning on me and they put my uncle in a home where he died and blamed me for it saying I was doing it for attention and the house was taken by the bank so i had to go live in a scummy hotel where I died inside a little every day. I’ve been trying to get settled into my home the past few years now and in this time been seeking doctors and a good therapist but I’m not having good experiences and struggling to get the care I need while still being pushed to quit smoking by my boyfriend and having massive triggers around trying to quit and intense fear of a repeat of the last few times I’ve tried I even went as far as to beg for patience and understanding because I just want to quit I need to quit smoking but it did not do any good because I couldn’t handle it popped off at my daughter now she’s cut me out and trying to turn my other kids against me this led to my son not letting me see my grandchild and cutting me out based off what she said.
It took me till I was 38 to learn about the nervous system and trauma responses. In the last yr I was able to get off all my sych meds. Been able to regulate my system by taking cold showers walking my dog breathing talking to loved ones ext. but for some reason In the fall it gets so bad that nothing works. Does anyone know why the fall is so bad ? Help thanks 🙏
My narcissist mom knew that time away meant a chance to heal so she’d do tings like take the lock off my door (at 26 when I had to move back home even!!) and with my dad she wouldn’t let him talk to anyone but her, not even us kids, and she went everywhere he did. If she was too lazy to get around to go with him, she’d force him to be on the phone with her the whole time. When they were on the phone fighting she would tell him she’s not going to let him hang up and stupidly he would stay on the phone.
Rubbing a handful of ice in your face works. Also, recently learned that an abusive, dominant authority figure with a finger and a can of pepper spray can stop your panic and deaden everything, knock you out with lingering results, simply with a steady mist of pepper spray aimed at your eyes. Like how you would kill a roach.
I really wish she would say when you have childhood trauma AND trauma later on in life. I have every single one of these ptsd symptoms, its effected my hormones, immune, alot… I really wish she would say later on trauma. Cuz childhood trauma is worse then anything in my opinion, but my fucking trauma fuckdd me up in so many ways and years in my 20s…
Here’s my professional therapy tip: don’t use the word TRIGGERED/TRIGGERS to describe events that cause increased anxiety and/or depression. Very poor choice of a word during times of mass shootings and knowing that suicide by gun is the most lethal method. I am a licensed counselor, I know what I’m talking about. USE THE WORD “ACTIVATE”. Words matter in counseling.
Since my husband assaulted me 5 years ago…I’ve not been the same..I shut down…stopped taking care of myself..stay in my room alot…not eating much…not looking after my personal care (hair is matted and hidden in a ponytail) or my personal environment….he left me for another woman in March 2022…and that compounded this feeling.its affecting my relationships with my children they know I’ve not been the same… I had trauma in childhood too….I dont know what to do to male myself better….I think I’m totally disregulated, but I struggle to change. The shutting down is something I’ve been down since a child.. I dont know what to do anymore.. Please help me… I work full time in a responsible profession. I’m on auto pilot, but once home, I shut down… I often wonder if I have ADHD as well as PTSD
1KRFE – the manufacturer’s code for my engine – why can’t they use something memorable like Essex, Wessex, Cologne, Pinto, Push Rod, or Compound Valve Hemispherical Cylinder Head (CVH)? The push rod had a county’s name but I can’t remember what it was. APT, HST, DMU EMU – they’re ALL “Bog Units to mee!!!!!”
When I get a trigger that makes me fear my trust could be broken that wave of adrenaline comes over me, I start to shake, I get flushed and hot and I have no filter as to what comes out of my mouth and I just at the deepest of my core fear being hurt or left and I get stuck in residual anxiety that won’t let go for weeks
Any tips if we get triggered and rightfully so… I mean that a person does things that we’ve expresed in a healthy way hurt and trigger us, and they play with you but then after you break down and feel numb they suddenly care and are upset that you still feel disregulated for days (even though they played out your biggest fears and traumas). How to deal if we feel like we can’t leave? Help.
I hear again and again the same advice – get back into your body. But the more I’m in my body, the closer I am to the alarm. I can sit with it for hours (it’s not overwhelming), but it doesn’t calm down, and getting closer to it makes it almost impossible to sleep, which adds to the stress. This advice just doesn’t work for me at all. No one has been able to tell me how to calm my system down. It’s maddening.