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Comments on: Trauma and the Body Basics https://www.rewriting-the-rules.com/self/trauma-and-the-body-basics/ Meg-John Barker's website Mon, 16 Nov 2020 15:43:49 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.4 By: Meg-John Barker https://www.rewriting-the-rules.com/self/trauma-and-the-body-basics/#comment-28016 Mon, 16 Nov 2020 15:43:49 +0000 https://www.rewriting-the-rules.com/?p=4242#comment-28016 Oh I’m so glad you found it helpful – the trauma stuff makes so much sense of my experience after 40-odd years also! I’m so glad I found these writers. Sarah Peyton is amazing. I’m also a big fan of Janina Fisher who I blogged about over the summer who shares some similar ideas I think.
Much love back.

]]> By: Julie https://www.rewriting-the-rules.com/self/trauma-and-the-body-basics/#comment-28013 Mon, 16 Nov 2020 01:40:17 +0000 https://www.rewriting-the-rules.com/?p=4242#comment-28013 Wow, I’m delighted to have stumbled across your blog – thank you! I’ve struggled with depression for 40 years, and I’m only just learning trauma stuff NOW – bloody hell!
And I love that you mention Sarah Peyton, she’s one my favouritest people ever 🙂
much love, Julie

]]> By: Meg-John Barker https://www.rewriting-the-rules.com/self/trauma-and-the-body-basics/#comment-25655 Tue, 05 May 2020 13:57:45 +0000 https://www.rewriting-the-rules.com/?p=4242#comment-25655 In reply to tim.

Thanks so much, I appreciate it 🙂

]]> By: tim https://www.rewriting-the-rules.com/self/trauma-and-the-body-basics/#comment-25650 Tue, 05 May 2020 10:56:21 +0000 https://www.rewriting-the-rules.com/?p=4242#comment-25650 In reply to Meg-John Barker.

Cool! Thanks MJ!

Do feel free to get in touch if you decide to try it – I’d be happy to share my experience of doing TRE and what I’ve learned from it, in case that’s helpful. It can feel like a weird practice to begin with, and there are genuine safety/self-care considerations. But after a while it can feel completely natural, and really rather good 🙂

]]> By: Meg-John Barker https://www.rewriting-the-rules.com/self/trauma-and-the-body-basics/#comment-25648 Tue, 05 May 2020 07:46:01 +0000 https://www.rewriting-the-rules.com/?p=4242#comment-25648 In reply to tim.

Thanks so much for this Tim, it’s one I’ve been meaning to learn more about so I very much appreciate the link. I’ll add it to my list of resources in the post now 🙂

]]> By: tim https://www.rewriting-the-rules.com/self/trauma-and-the-body-basics/#comment-25641 Mon, 04 May 2020 17:10:00 +0000 https://www.rewriting-the-rules.com/?p=4242#comment-25641 Thanks so much for this, Meg-John!

Have you heard of Tension/Trauma Releasing Exercises (TRE)? It’s one of the most valuable tools I know of to help in the process of releasing stuck/held trauma and stress. It’s used by armed forces, emergency services, people with all kinds of PTSD, as well as other folks with stress/trauma/tension/anxiety.

Basically TRE helps the body to remember how to activate our innate shaking response, through which we can help to release either historic or recent stress/tension and return to a parasympathetic-dominant state. It’s a really powerful practice, and titration (which you mentioned) is important to minimise the risk of re-traumatising. But done safely and sensibly it can work wonders.

TRE is free to learn from the main website – https://traumaprevention.com/ (I’m not affiliated to it, just a fan.) I recommend it to many of my clients and practice it myself 1-2 times a week. It’s invaluable, and especially right now during this intense global trauma that we’re living through. Not a magic solution to trauma, but a useful tool amongst other potentially useful tools.

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