Trauma & The Body - The Nervous System Series

About this episode

Sirel and Mica discuss how trauma is stored in the body and the nervous system's role in responding to life experiences.

In this episode of The Nervous System Series, Sirel & Mica explore how trauma lives in the body and how the nervous system stores and responds to life experience. We break down the idea that the body remembers everything, not just the painful moments, but also the safe, neutral, and connecting ones. Your nervous system builds patterns from what you repeatedly experience. Over time, those patterns become automatic responses to stress, relationships, and everyday challenges. We use a simple...

People in this episode

Host: Sirel Rayburn

Guest: Mica

Topics covered

• trauma
• nervous system
• body memory
• stress responses
• automatic patterns

Keywords

• trauma
• nervous system
• body memory
• stress
• relationships
• automatic responses

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