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Whether you're trying to understand how trauma affects the brain, exploring EMDR therapy, or deciding whether an EMDR intensive may be right for you, these evidence-informed trauma recovery articles are designed to help you make informed decisions about trauma healing.

How to Calm Your Nervous System After Trauma

Many people believe trauma only affects someone immediately after a frightening or overwhelming experience.

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Mental Health Education, Trauma & PTSD, Intensive Therapy, EMDR Therapy, EMDR Intensives Dr. Yvette Curtis, PsyD, LPC, MAC Mental Health Education, Trauma & PTSD, Intensive Therapy, EMDR Therapy, EMDR Intensives Dr. Yvette Curtis, PsyD, LPC, MAC

How to Calm Your Nervous System After Trauma: 7 Science-Backed Techniques

If you've been stuck in fight-or-flight, these research-backed tools can help you find calm again. How to calm your nervous system: 7 techniques trauma survivors can use right now. Why "Just Calm Down" Doesn't Work for Trauma Survivors. If you've ever been told to "just calm down" or "just relax" when you're overwhelmed by trauma symptoms, you know how frustrating and impossible that advice feels. It's not that you don't want to calm down. It's that your nervous system has been programmed through traumatic experiences to stay in a state of constant vigilance or heightened watchful guard. Your body isn't choosing to be anxious or hypervigilant; it’s doing what it was trained and wired to …

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