Most of us have experienced traumatic experiences in our lives, if we use the broader definition of trauma. I'm not talking about PTSD here ("big T" trauma, which requires a different therapeutic approach to resolve), but challenging events we've experienced in the past that pinged our amygdala and left an imprint on our memories, colouring our present-day reactions to similar situations. Often these will have occurred during childhood, before we developed adult capacities to manage our emotions.

If you are in burnout and find yourself in an amygdala response, that takes over how you behave and brings unwelcome results, then it can be useful to resolve those impulses to self-protect, that no longer have real benefit.

Helplines
US lifeline
Lifeline Australia
Complex trauma recovery Australia

Champions
Dr. Devika Bhushan, Acting CA Surgeon General on Bipolar
Are You Bogged Mate? MH support for farmers
Gabor Mate on childhood trauma and addiction
Jonathan Friedman, youth mental health advocate and coach
Sarah Woodhouse, trauma researcher
Nick Ray MH advocate

Books
What Doesn't Kill Us, Stephen Joseph PhD
The Heart of Trauma, Bonnie Badenoch
How Your Mind Can Heal Your Body, David R. Hamilton PhD
The Polyvagal Theory, Stephen W. Porges
The Body Keeps the Score, Bessel Van Der Kolk

Work with me.
If youre in burnout, come and talk to me, let's make a plan to fix it.

Ep#45 Working with trauma