

It’s a practical, user-friendly self-help guide to recovering from the lingering effects of childhood trauma, and to achieving a rich and fulfilling life as an adult. He’s the author of three books, including Complex PTSD : From Surviving To Thriving.

helps us to invoke the steps earlier, and decrease the intensity and duration of the flashback." "over-adrenilization sometimes dramatically morphs into the hangover of adrenaline exhaustion, before the adrenal function can be rebalanced." "Decreasing the intensity of a flashback with quick remedial action decreases the time it takes for our physiology to recover.About Our Guest: Pete Walker is a licensed psychotherapist practicing in the San Francisco Bay Area, who specializes in helping adults who were traumatized in childhood. helps us to invoke the steps earlier." "Early recognition. " "flashbacks sometimes start out subtly and then progressively become more intense.

because flashbacks sometimes start out subtly. We perseverate about everything that has gone wrong or could go wrong." "many survivors are shocked to discover that the majority of their flashbacks are triggered internally by these types of inner critic programs." "Recognizing the moment of triggering is even more important than recognizing the trigger itself. devolve into a polarized process of negative-noticing-an incessant preoccupation with defects and hazards." "When internal triggering is at its worst. spawn of the internal critic." "When internal triggering is at its worst, small potato miscues and peccadilloes trigger us into a full blown emotional flashback." "We. project our memory of it onto other people when we are triggered." "As we move out of early recovery, we begin to observe that internal triggers are even more common than external ones. "when anyone else looks at us disapprovingly, we can generalize that they are as dangerous as our parents." "The worst thing about having been traumatized with the look is.
