Trauma

Trauma is an event that we have bad feelings about. Usually one or more strong bad feelings.

I am not qualified to diagnose any condition like PTSD/PTS (nor do I want to). What I do know is that trauma can seriously affect us. It can lead to debilitating illnesses that prevent people from living their lives.

Any trauma that is left untreated can result in ongoing issues. The trauma can be physical, like a car accident, or emotional, such as witnessing a horrific event. In either case, the person may have ongoing symptoms, like insomnia, confusion, sadness, or anxiety. There may be panic attacks, digestive problems, nightmares, pain or illness. 

Amazingly, by simply removing the effects of the past event, symptoms can often diminish or vanish completely. It is also irrelevant how long the symptoms have been present. 

When I write ‘remove’ above; I’m referring to removal of the bad feelings. This is not the same as removing the event. Ethically removal of an event is wrong and can lead to further damage. (see footnote)

Mike Mandel, a well-respected trainer and therapist uses the following model of trauma and the brain: -

Trauma is stored in the right hemisphere of the brain as an electro-magnetic disturbance, which over time is dissipated. In this theory, the electrical charge is what the person is experiencing as bad feelings, and by shifting the charge through different pathways, the bad feelings go away; usually forever.

This process occurs naturally most of the time; a traumatic event happens and we feel bad. Overtime the bad feelings fade and vanish.

However, some trauma can get stuck and not heal of its own accord. The good news is that you can diminish the trauma and, in most cases, get rid of it (again, the bad feelings not the event). I have several tools in my tool kit to help you do just that. So, if you have got stuck with some trauma or you have persistent symptoms that are not shifting for the better….

There is another way….

Reach out today….

Footnote – Removal of events.

Removal of the memory of an event is completely possible and is again something that can happen in everyday life – how often have you forgotten a person or place? However where trauma is concerned and as a therapist, I will NEVER remove an event/incident for someone. Why? It can happen naturally! If I remove the event then several things may be possible :-

·         There can be no learning

·         There will be no change in behaviour (that may prevent it happening again)

·         There is no possible recall so if you met someone else involved you would deny whatever it was – which could lead to the other person being traumatised or creating a new trauma for you. Imagine …. “no I never stole from you……” how that could play out.

So I will never remove an event. I will discharge the negative feeling associated with it returning the event to just something that happened.