Trauma causes Dissociation or Splitting between the left hemisphere (responsible for logic, analysis, observation) and the right hemisphere (responsible for imagination, creativity, emotions, trauma memories). Brain research shows trauma survivors have reduced number of pathways in the corpus callosum, accounting for decreased communication between the two hemispheres. Splitting allows the logical brain to take over andContinueContinue reading “Structural Dissociation after Trauma”
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Would you like to feel safety within?
If you want to feel safe within yourself, you need to have a felt sense of safety somatically.This comes from experiencing safety relationally with a safe human being. Typically, this role will be fulfilled by our caregivers. But in cases where the caregiver was unable to provide this safety, we would struggle with feeling safeContinueContinue reading “Would you like to feel safety within?”
Intimate Partner Violence
*Trigger warning – Intimate Partner Violence/Domestic Violence Today is International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. Unfortunately, a couple days ago, a Pakistani man unalived his wife in front of their two children in the quiet suburb of Milton, Ontario in Canada. This breaks my heart. For the poor woman whose parents andContinueContinue reading “Intimate Partner Violence”
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