Trauma, Fear and Panic

Help with Trauma, Anxiety and Panic

Your “intense” reaction is not strange, but very normal for a traumatic event.

When you have experienced intense events, it has a huge impact on your body and psyche. And intense reactions are therefore very normal: being completely switched on at night, being hyper-alert, having panic attacks or being completely upset.

Of course you would like to react differently, but that just doesn’t work. You know it, but your body starts and your head spins overtime. The underlying charge affects everything you do, that it feels very oppressive. And no doubt you have tried a lot to get rid of it, but missed the depth you were looking for.

Approach

Trauma needs care. That’s why I look at each situation as unique, to see what is most helpful. Usually this means:

1. A good foundation: We ensure that the inner situation is stable. The healing is then focused on a pleasant, nurturing and calming energy. This takes the edges off things and increases your ability to process everything. Only then do we look deeper into causes.

2. Dealing with the charge:  When you are ready, we will go deeper to clear with the underlying charges. The main underlying facets are comprehensively addressed, taking the intensity off.

3. Insight and customization: Gradually, deeper layers of the situation come into focus. Sometimes we also see inner factors that make you vulnerable. We can address this so that you can more easily handle new situations.

In each healing it becomes intuitively clear what can/cannot be done per session. This prevents unnecessary side-effecs afterwards, so that it continues to build constructively.

Result

It may speak for itself; releasing the intense stuck dense charges gives a lot of room. This allows you to embrace life again, experience a safe base in yourself, and fully enjoy the ordinary daily moments.

What Causes Trauma?

A psychotrauma occurs after drastic things that overwhelmed you, and often there was no solution for it. This can be a single situation, or long-term tension with:

• Domestic violence
• Emotional abuse.
• Life-threatening situations.
• Sexual abuse or sexually unsafe situations.
• Long-term unpleasant treatment.
• Bullying and public humiliation.
• A car accident.
• Layoff or unexpected loss.
• Growing up with neglectful or emotionally immature parents.
• Witnessing violence or death.

What is Very Common With Trauma?

Trauma puts you in survival mode, all actions then revolve around that. The brain cannot process the situation, and barely sees the difference between memories and real situations. A re-experience is therefore just as life-like as the event itself, and activates the stress system to save you.

That gives various symptoms:

• You wake up in the middle of the night and are “completely on”.
• You are hyper-alert to your surroundings.
• You have panic attacks.
• You can “suddenly cry” intensely.
• Sometimes you feel like a walking head.
• You are not always in your body.
• You are struggling with depression or gloom.
• You are very tired.

The solution is sometimes a search:

• You have already tried to process a lot.
• You have already visited a psychologist several times for your situation.
• You notice that the psychologist “only treats it mentally” (especially in cognitive therapies)

And relationships present challenges:

• You are sometimes completely upset (by a comment, etc.)
• At times you are completely blocked.
• You feel unsafe with some groups/families.
• You often feel misunderstood or not taken seriously.
• You sometimes take on complaints/emotions/tensions.

Much recognition? Let’s talk.

And again: it is not strange what is happening to you. Your body has been in survival fear for so long that it is constantly ready for danger. Many intense experiences have not yet been processed. Sleepless nights and being easily upset is very normal - even if the environment does not understand it.