Adult Child Why peace feels unsafe: Trauma Healing Through the Lens of Polyvagal Theory w/ Carmen Dominguez
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When survival mode is all youâve ever known, safety can feel threatening. This episode will help you understand why your body doesnât trust what your brain says is fineâand why healing doesnât start with your story, it starts with your body.
Psychotherapist Carmen Dominguez joins us to unpack why so many trauma survivors canât stay regulated, even when life is going well. We explore the polyvagal theoryâand how nervous system dysregulation fuels everything from addiction and people-pleasing to codependency and emotional shutdown.
đ Key Takeaways:
⢠How polyvagal theory explains trauma responses like people-pleasing, addiction, emotional shutdown, and the fear of calm â even when life is finally âsafeâ
⢠The role of âinvisible traumaâ â like chronic emotional neglect and unmet childhood needs â in shaping adult dysregulation and self-abandonment
⢠Why codependency isnât a character flaw, but a nervous system adaptation rooted in the fawn response and emotional neglect
⢠The real reason healing doesnât stick: how we retraumatize ourselves by doing trauma work before the body feels safe
⢠What to ask a therapist before working with them â and how to spot whether they truly understand nervous system healing or are just using the buzzwords
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