Parenting can be a traumatic experience, especially for those caring for children impacted by trauma. The podcast delves into the hidden struggles parents face and emphasizes the need for community support. It discusses signs of toxic stress and how these affect both parents and children. Listeners are encouraged to seek resources that help them feel seen and understood, fostering healing through shared experiences. The discussion illuminates the importance of recognizing and addressing the emotional toll of parenting in challenging circumstances.
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Parenting Can Be Traumatic
Parenting children with vulnerable nervous systems and baffling behaviors can be traumatic.
Openly discussing this trauma reduces shame and promotes healing.
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Trauma and Felt Safety
Trauma disrupts the capacity to feel safe, even when physically safe, according to Dr. Stephen Porges.
This emphasizes the importance of "felt safety" over physical safety.
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Toxic Stress in Parenting
Dr. Bruce Perry defines toxic stress as extreme, unpredictable, and prolonged stress.
Parenting vulnerable children often fits this definition, impacting parents' well-being.
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No matter how much effort we put into understanding behavior, seeing our kids for who they truly are, and connecting with their infinite worth, for those navigating the baffling behaviors of kids who have experienced trauma, or have sensitized stress response systems and/or vulnerable nervous systems, parenting can be traumatic
In this episode, you’ll learn:
Why the experience of trauma in parenting isn't being talked about
The kinds of experiences that make parenting traumatic
Signs of toxic stress and trauma in parenting
Ways to get your nervous system what it needs to heal
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