Emotional Self Care is all about how human beings have an innate desire to connect, to experience dynamic relationships with one another.  

In addiction, however, this attachment is severed and leaves the betrayed feeling unsafe, which produces the fight, flight, or freeze response. 

Though they are all three natural survival instincts none of these responses promote healing from trauma or rebuilding of a relationship.

Learning what these strong emotions look like, sounds like and feels like, and applying the 7 suggested strategies, will help you be more aware of those responses in your own body and you will be better equipped to connect with those around you.