RE: I haven't experienced trauma, have I? | Stored survival stress and how it's affecting us all.

Such an intense post Caroline! I have so much to learn from you and I'm very grateful to have met you 😍

And most of us have been actively taught the opposite; to suppress and depress our emotions and sensations so we can "be a polite member of society" or "be a good girl" or "toughen up like a real man".

This is probably one of the root causes of not processing the emotions and trauma in a proper way.

Actually your post made me think in the way children are born... There's been a lot of talking and new information about not only Obstetric Violence but Neonatal violence and how they are both connected.

Since the introduction of modern medicine in a physiological process, birth is now widely viewed as a pathology, and it's worst on 'rich/developed' countries (not everywhere, but mostly). And with this comes the separation of the newborn from the mother as soon as he/she is born and sometimes to do some painful exams!

This really gets me nervous... To think that one moment that newborn is in a warm, cozy and safe place, and the next they have strong lights on top, loud noises, people touching and cleaning... It's just seems to much stress for a brand new nervous system operating...

Of course skin-to-skin with the mother as soon as the newborn comes is essential for them to regulate their biological systems, however here in my country that doesn't happen most of the times. So I wonder if we all don't have birth trauma in us 🤔🤔🤔

Thank you so much for this wonderful post and resources 🙏 You are a GEM! 💠

!LUV