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Childhood trauma reactions – what happens in the brain during extreme fear

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Childhood trauma responses: Neurobiology To understand what childhood trauma reactions do in the brain, we need to understand what trauma is in the first place. For example, subjective conditions must also be distinguished in addition to objective conditions. A situation is objectively traumatic if the event caused extreme stress for most people, an armed robbery, […]

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Childhood Trauma: Progressive Muscle Relaxation (PMR) – HOW TO

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PMR: What is that? Progressive muscle relaxation (PMR) is used to reduce anxiety. The technique was introduced by the American doctor Edmund Jacobson in the 1930s. This technique alternates tension and relaxation of all the body’s important muscle groups. In this way, PMR gradually achieves a state of relaxation. With increasing practice, more and more

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Childhood trauma: bilateral stimulation with “butterfly hug” and “reorientation in the present” against overwhelming anxiety

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Deal with panic or fear to lose control using the “butterfly hug” and “reorientation in the present” Anxiety: butterfly hug (BLS) Note: Please only perform the butterfly hug for as long as it feels good. If anxiety, negative associations or negative emotions arise, stop the exercise by opening your eyes. Anxiety: reorientation in the present 

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