{"id":100859,"date":"2023-05-01T06:44:00","date_gmt":"2023-05-01T10:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/?p=100859"},"modified":"2023-05-02T14:02:04","modified_gmt":"2023-05-02T18:02:04","slug":"how-does-trauma-affect-the-brain-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/how-does-trauma-affect-the-brain-2\/","title":{"rendered":"How Does Trauma Affect the Brain?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/how-does-trauma-affect-the-brain\/\">How does trauma affect the brain<\/a>? What can you do to overcome trauma&#8217;s effect on your mind?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Traumatic experiences influence your life long after the trauma has occurred. This is because trauma elicits very strong emotions that get stored in your subconscious. Therefore, to counteract trauma, you need to address it on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/the-subconscious\/\">the subconscious<\/a> level.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here&#8217;s how trauma affects your mind, according to Joe Dispenza.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-trauma-keeps-you-stuck-in-the-past\"><strong>Trauma Keeps You Stuck in the Past<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>How does trauma affect the brain? <strong>Traumatic experiences evoke some of the strongest emotions we\u2019ll ever feel, so they become deeply ingrained in our brains.<\/strong> This means trauma keeps us <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/stuck-in-the-past\/\">stuck in the past<\/a> via neural circuitry, causing us to get caught in vicious cycles of negative thought and emotion\u2014we\u2019re constantly perceiving the present in light of what happened to us in the past.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dispenza also explains that our brains don\u2019t necessarily distinguish between an actual experience and a memory of one\u2014in other words, every time you remember an experience, your brain essentially re-lives it as if it were happening all over again. So, <strong>when you have a traumatizing experience, the memory of it can cause your autonomic nervous system to have a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/stress-response-in-the-body\/\">stress response<\/a>, and when your body is frequently in this stress-response mode, it can wreak havoc on your health.<\/strong> So overcoming these deeply-ingrained thought-emotion patterns is crucial for both your mental and physical health.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One key to overcoming these trauma-induced stress responses is to recognize that your autonomic nervous system operates on a subconscious level. This means that <strong>any technique for interrupting and changing these patterns must act on a subconscious level<\/strong> as well. As we\u2019ll see in Part 2, that\u2019s what Dispenza\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/eckhart-tolle-meditation-mindfulness\/\">meditation<\/a> techniques are designed to do.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/long-term-stress\/\">Chronic Stress<\/a> Causes Disease&nbsp;<\/strong><br><br>In <a href=\"https:\/\/shortform.com\/app\/book\/when-the-body-says-no\/1-page-summary\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>When the Body Says No<\/em><\/a>, Dr. Gabor Mat\u00e9 explores the link between trauma and diseases such as cancer, ALS, MS, and common gastrointestinal conditions. Considering the links that have been observed between these diseases and stressful life experiences, Mat\u00e9 argues that <strong>chronic stress is ultimately to blame\u2014and this is frequently caused by childhood experiences of perceived threat that go unresolved<\/strong>. This means that your negative thought-feeling patterns may be very deeply ingrained and difficult to break free from.&nbsp;He <a href=\"https:\/\/shortform.com\/app\/book\/when-the-body-says-no\/1-page-summary#part-4-prescription-for-healing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">recommends the following<\/a> to address chronic stress from deeply-ingrained patterns:<br><br><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/listen-to-your-body\/\">Listen to your body<\/a>:<\/strong> Start tuning in more consciously to what your body is telling you. Some signals of underlying stress include rapid heartbeat, frequent urination, excessive sweating, digestive issues, and unexplained pain such as frequent back pain or headaches. If you have these issues, try talking to a therapist or looking for meditation techniques to deal with them.<br><br><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/be-your-authentic-self\/\">Be your authentic self<\/a>: <\/strong>Many of the patients Mat\u00e9 treated were living to satisfy others\u2019 expectations at the expense of their own desires and true selves. He says to recognize this in yourself, watch for<strong><em> <\/em><\/strong><em>guilt<\/em>\u2014if saying \u201cno\u201d to something makes you feel guilty, but saying \u201cyes\u201d causes resentment, Mat\u00e9 says you are living for other people in an unhealthy way, and you should choose the guilt. The resentment will be much more damaging.&nbsp;<br><br><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/eckhart-tolle-relationships-how-to-be-present\/\">Connect with others<\/a>: <\/strong>Mat\u00e9 says we all need to develop healthy support networks. Copious research shows that lonely, disconnected people are at greater risk for illness, while social support alleviates stress and decreases risk of disease. So seek out stronger social support networks. Especially if you\u2019re suffering, find others to connect and form emotional attachments with.&nbsp;<br><br><strong>Tend to your spirit<\/strong>: A truly holistic approach to health must involve tending to your body, mind, and <em>spirit<\/em>. Mat\u00e9 says connecting with something beyond yourself could mean anything from prayer to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/how-to-connect-with-nature\/\">connecting with nature<\/a>, practicing meditation, or developing your creativity.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How does trauma affect the brain? What can you do to overcome trauma&#8217;s effect on your mind? Traumatic experiences influence your life long after the trauma has occurred. This is because trauma elicits very strong emotions that get stored in your subconscious. Therefore, to counteract trauma, you need to address it on the subconscious level. Here&#8217;s how trauma affects your mind, according to Joe Dispenza.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":19049,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[1001],"class_list":["post-100859","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-psychology","tag-becoming-supernatural","","tg-column-two"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.3 (Yoast SEO v24.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>How Does Trauma Affect the Brain? - Shortform Books<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"How does trauma affect the brain? 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