Well Sh*t. It really is that simple...

Episode 88 - Trauma Series: How to heal trauma and triggers

Listen Later

Well Sh*t. It really is that simple - Episode 88 - Trauma Series: How to heal trauma and triggers is now LIVE!

Full Show notes: https://bit.ly/WellShitEpisodeGuide

*****Trigger Warning - Trauma*******

We all go through trauma in our lives. Although what happens to us isn’t our fault, the responsibility to heal from it is. In this episode we outline the steps necessary to heal from trauma, how unhealed trauma can keep affecting your life and why it’s a good idea to seek help from a professional.

In this episode, we cover…

  • How the consequences of failing to recognize trauma and name it as such results in strategies like avoiding or masking but not healing
  • How resilience is built, through effective trauma healing
  • How the level of resilience that we have is linked to how quickly and effectively we can heal trauma
  • How knowing our needs and how to meet them effectively helps us return to the state we were before the trauma happened
  • How meeting needs effectively means that we are capable of doing things that are quick and easy and are not dependent on others or specific situations
  • Why how resourced we are beforehand can make a big difference on how we manage and heal trauma
  • How healing trauma can take longer if we are low on capacity
  • Why we shouldn’t need to be resilient. We shouldn’t have to experience trauma simply by existing in our society
  • How building resilience doesn’t negate the need for change on a personal, systemic or cultural level
  • How we are more able to instigate the change that is needed when we are resourced
  • How trauma healing is dependant upon effectively meeting the needs that were compromised through trauma 
  • Why we can’t take any shortcuts to the healing process
  • How working through any uncomfortable feelings that come up gets easier the more you do it
  • If you have never gone through this process before, we highly recommend to get help and guidance from a professional that feels in alignment with you
  • How trauma healing happens in layers
  • How everyone’s trauma healing journey is different and the process may be different for different traumas
  • Why it is helpful to deal with traumas when they come up as triggers
  • How you can “look” for traumas in order to heal them 
  • How triggers can have a domino effect
  • We give some insight into intergenerational trauma
  • How to heal from a trauma that happened a long time ago
  • Why it’s important to be resourced before tackling trauma and doing it in a way that is not going to negatively impact our needs
  • How if you do not heal from your traumas, they will not go away
  • How you can revisit your trauma at a later stage if you do not have the capacity to deal with it
  • How an unhealed trauma can affect your life
  • How being part of one or more marginalized groups means that you will be experiencing more trauma in your life. This means that is going to take more effort to heal traumas due to a cost in capacity
  • How we all have a responsibility to create change in our systems, as through interconnectedness, no one’s needs are really fully met if everyone’s needs aren’t

    • Episode references:

    Episode 51 - How to increase your resilience

    ...more
    View all episodesView all episodes
    Download on the App Store
    Well Sh*t. It really is that simple...By The Universal Needs
    • 3.5
    • 3.5
    • 3.5
    • 3.5
    • 3.5

    3.5

    6 ratings