November 30, 2020

Episode 13: The Language of the Nervous System, Why Affirmations Won't Regulate It, & Feeling at Home in Your Body with Sorina Mondan, CCTP

46 minutes

In this episode with certified clinical trauma therapist Sorina Mondan, we...

discuss how developmental trauma causes disconnection from our bodies

reveal that the language of our nervous systems is feelings and sensations, not words, therefore affirmations and mantras are not useful when we are in a hypersensitive, dysregulated nervous system state

expose that mantras and affirmations can create emotional dissonance or invalidate our emotions

discuss somatic experiencing

reveal that the belief that we just need to heal our minds is a trauma response and takes us further out of our bodies

imagine how we can bring survival responses to completion so they don’t have to be stored in the body

clarify our shared opinion that “diagnoses” like anxiety, depression, or OCD aren’t actually diagnoses but our bodies’ adaptations to a dysregulated nervous system and actually often box people into an identity of these diagnoses instead of moving forward in healing

talk about how our thoughts are a reflection of the state of our nervous systems, not the other way around

discuss that the goal is not to be happy all the time but to create nervous system flexibility

talk about how healing feels abnormal and unfamiliar which the mind resists

discuss the importance of working with a therapist and not “DIY-ing” your healing through social media

state that we cannot heal with the same mind that made us sick

remove the shame that we “failed” to feel better and instead offer support and validation that you can explore and experience the various feelings in your nervous system and that alone is powerful in healing

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