How Chaos of Early Childhood Trauma Affects Our Adult Nervous System with Dr. Tian Dayton

Does growing up in chaos impact our nervous systems even as adults?

In this episode, we are looking at early childhood dynamics and how it’s expressed in adulthood through unconscious behaviors and coping mechanisms.

I have brought in a guest who is especially dear to my heart and has played a very significant and pivotal role in my own journey. Dr. Tian Dayton specializes in addiction and trauma, especially when it comes to speaking to the adult child of an alcoholic.

Dr. Dayton is also a leading voice in psychodrama, and she has a very incredible way of combining movement and the body with it, which gives her patients the opportunity to access different times in their past, be able to role play with them and give them a voice that they did not have before.

In this episode you'll learn:

• The kind of coping mechanisms we develop in response to early trauma
• The importance of integrating movement and emotional expression in therapy 
• The importance of physical touch and intimacy in early childhood development
• How perceived sense of danger can lead to a collapse in the nervous system
• What kind of environments provide the structure needed for trauma resolution

For more information and show notes, please visit our website: https://biologyoftrauma.com/biology-of-trauma-podcast/