Traumatic symptoms are not caused by the event itself but the residual survival energy that is trapped in the body and creating disturbances in the autonomic nervous system. Over time compounding stress and adversity can cause mental health challenges, illness and disease.
Symptoms:
- Anxiety
- Depression: Resignation and feelings of defeat
- Panic attacks and phobias
- Obsessive compulsions: rumination, behavioural
- Fears and terrors
- PTSD – CPTSD
- Rage, abusive and violent behaviour
- Shame: inner critic, inner child, self loathing
- Sleep disorders: poor sleep, nightmares, night terrors
- Syndromes such as, fibromyalgia, migraines, chronic fatigue
- Digestive problems, e.g. irritable bowel syndrome, ulcerative colitis
- Immune system
- Skin sensitivities
- Environmental and chemical sensitivities
- Mood swings
- ADHD, ADD
- Sexual disorders
- Eating disorders
- Extreme sensitivity to light, sound, smell and/ or touch
- Involuntary behaviour: tics, restless leg
- Addiction: smoking, alcohol dependency, drug abuse etc
- Avoidance behaviour: avoiding places, activities, memories, situations or people
- Attachment issues – struggling to connect and form safe, intimate and satisfying relationships
- Struggle to set healthy boundaries
- Temporomandibulr joint (TMJ)
- Suicidality
Somatic Experiencing® supports regulation of the autonomic nervous system and supports mood regulation, the reworking of addictive patterns, and the prevention or resolution of PTSD and the formation of many complex syndromes and diseases. SE aids medical professionals in unwinding challenging medical cases. SE uses techniques that are effective in reducing or eliminating chronic pain and trauma-related symptoms and presentations.
