If someone comes in lacking self-regulation skills, asking them to dive into difficult states without sufficient groundwork is not realistic. This highlights a crucial point in building safety in trauma recovery: the individual's current capacity for regulation must always be considered to avoid retraumatization.

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Trauma can leave a deep impact on an individual's mental and emotional well-being. The effects of trauma can manifest in various ways,...

flight/fight + shutdown = freeze

safe & social + flight/fight = play

The safe & social state evolved within mammals and is important for optimizing the resources that the body has for health, growth and...