In my recent posts I’ve been focusing on some coping skills for managing emotions.
Just like the best time to plant a tree is 30 years ago, the best time to learn these skills is days, weeks, months before you need them.
When I went to with Amy Weintraub's workshop that I wrote about last week, she asked us to go home and practice the skills for at least a month, noting our own reactions to the different breath styles. (Some people have opposite reactions – what is relaxing to one person is stimulating for another.)
When stress response is intense (courtesy of the amygdala), the part of the brain that consolidates memory (the hippocampus) can’t do its job very well. Under extreme stress/trauma, it’s likely to “misfile” information or even add things that don’t belong. Some good stuff here about how these brain structures interact.
If you need something NOW, please check out my nervous system reset guide. And if your world is particularly stormy, please be gentle with yourself and know it's okay to wait for it to pass.
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