2min chapter

Mental - The Podcast to Destigmatise Mental Health cover image

309: Trauma šŸ’ Plus OCD, grief and suncream with Dr MaryCatherine McDonald

Mental - The Podcast to Destigmatise Mental Health

CHAPTER

How to Recalibrate Your Trauma Response System

What started out as adaptive becomes over time maladaptive because you get stuck we're designed to sort of toggle back and forth between these two responses not stay in one. If there were a fire the answer isn't to either stop making toast or to throw away the fire alarm the answer is to recalibrate the system so that the alarm goes off when it's supposed to  not when it's not. i think the goal of trauma healing is to kind of recalibrated the system and then integrate whatever is sticking out and is creating the problem does that make sense?

00:00

Get the Snipd
podcast app

Unlock the knowledge in podcasts with the podcast player of the future.
App store bannerPlay store banner

AI-powered
podcast player

Listen to all your favourite podcasts with AI-powered features

Discover
highlights

Listen to the best highlights from the podcasts you love and dive into the full episode

Save any
moment

Hear something you like? Tap your headphones to save it with AI-generated key takeaways

Share
& Export

Send highlights to Twitter, WhatsApp or export them to Notion, Readwise & more

AI-powered
podcast player

Listen to all your favourite podcasts with AI-powered features

Discover
highlights

Listen to the best highlights from the podcasts you love and dive into the full episode