How Your Body Responds To Trauma & Nonverbal Cues

No More Trauma Podcast

Trauma can shift the way the brain processes emotions, physical experiences, and nonverbal cues. It can trigger the brain to search for safety when aroused due to previous or childhood threats. It's important to not only listen to your body and the emotional dialogue that is playing when it’s within the company of others but to also, communicate what it is that you feel for clarity and to ensure that you’re not misinterpreting a non-verbal cue or characteristic to past related traumatic experiences. How The Brain Stores & Compartmentalize Trauma Non-Verbal Communicating and Characteristics Personal Experiences & Perception Quote Your body communicates as well as your mouth. Don’t contradict yourself. Allen Rudock Body language is a very powerful tool. We had body language before we had speech. Apparently, 80% of what we understand in conversation is read through the body and not the words. Deborah Bull Journal Prompts What non-verbal cues, gestures, or facial expressions were demonstrated as trauma or unsafe? What sensations in your body do you experience with someone who demonstrates these nonverbal cues or characteristics? What emotional dialogue do you hear when you’re with someone who demonstrates these nonverbal cues characteristics? What cultural beliefs do you have in relationship with these types of nonverbal cues or characteristics? In what ways have you previously misinterpreted nonverbal cues or body language? How or what do you plan to communicate with yourself and the person that displays these cues or characteristics? Journal Prompts Downloadable PDF https://www.canva.com/design/DAFJbkshaKI/62tarD850NAEiA7vXI823Q/view?utm_content=DAFJbkshaKI&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link&utm_source=publishsharelink Magicmind.co/NMT Code NMT @az.nomoretrauma www.nomoretraumayoga.com