Re-Regulating your Nervous System after CPTSD with Crappy Childhood Fairy Anna Runkle

Therapy in a Nutshell

Therapy in a Nutshell -Emma McAdam

Mental Health, Education, Health & Fitness:mental Health, Self-improvement, Health & Fitness

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🗓️ 19 December 2024

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Learn the skills to regulate your emotions, join the membership: https://courses.therapyinanutshell.com/membership Check out Anna's channel here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCZlDCbFTqHkzV_rUP4V5bg In this episode, we delve into the concept of complex PTSD and how dysregulation plays a key role in its manifestation. Highlighting the groundbreaking work by James Pennebaker, a psychology professor, we discuss a study where participants wrote about their traumatic experiences for 15 minutes over four days, resulting in significant emotional and physiological improvements. Additionally, we explore the neurobiological impact of early trauma and its effects on processing thoughts and feelings. The episode emphasizes the therapeutic benefits of writing in regulating the nervous system and emotional well-being. Looking for affordable online counseling? My sponsor, BetterHelp, connects you to a licensed professional from the comfort of your own home. Try it now for 10% off your first month: https://betterhelp.com/therapyinanutshell Learn more in one of my in-depth mental health courses: https://courses.therapyinanutshell.com Support my mission on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/therapyinanutshell Sign up for my newsletter: https://www.therapyinanutshell.com Check out my favorite self-help books: https://kit.co/TherapyinaNutshell/best-self-help-books Therapy in a Nutshell and the information provided by Emma McAdam are solely intended for informational and entertainment purposes and are not a substitute for advice, diagnosis, or treatment regarding medical or mental health conditions. Although Emma McAdam is a licensed marriage and family therapist, the views expressed on this site or any related content should not be taken for medical or psychiatric advice. Always consult your physician before making any decisions related to your physical or mental health. In therapy I use a combination of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Systems Theory, positive psychology, and a bio-psycho-social approach to treating mental illness and other challenges we all face in life. The ideas from my videos are frequently adapted from multiple sources. Many of them come from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, especially the work of Steven Hayes, Jason Luoma, and Russ Harris. The sections on stress and the mind-body connection derive from the work of Stephen Porges (the Polyvagal theory), Peter Levine (Somatic Experiencing) Francine Shapiro (EMDR), and Bessel Van Der Kolk. I also rely heavily on the work of the Arbinger Institute for my overall understanding of our ability to choose our life's direction. And deeper than all of that, the Gospel of Jesus Christ orients my personal worldview and sense of security, peace, hope, and love https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/comeuntochrist/believe If you are in crisis, please contact the National Suicide Prevention Hotline at https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org or 1-800-273-TALK (8255) or your local emergency services. Copyright Therapy in a Nutshell, LLC

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0:00.0	Welcome back to another episode of the Therapy in a Nutshell podcast. I'm Emma McAdam and I'm a licensed marriage and family therapist.
0:09.0	And this podcast is all about taking the life-changing, but usually kind of complicated topics of therapy and boiling them down into simple, easy-to-understand concepts that you can use in your daily life. If you find today's
0:21.7	episode as helpful to you, please pass it on to someone else who could benefit from it as well.
0:25.9	Each podcast episode comes from a corresponding video you can find on the Therapy in a Nutschele YouTube
0:30.7	channel. Also, these podcasts are educational and don't replace the advice or direction you
0:35.4	may be receiving from a therapist or other health professionals.
0:38.5	Now please, enjoy the episode.
0:40.6	When a young child isn't getting that close loving attention and eye contact with their mom and dad,
0:46.5	when they're not getting mirrored, then there's nervous system changes that take place.
0:52.9	And what we know about them, people have long been in touch with some sort of emotional
0:58.0	dysregulation.
0:58.9	Oh, they lash out all the time.
1:00.3	They freak out all the time.
1:02.1	They fall in love in an instant.
1:04.2	And then they get horrified and can't get over the breakup.
1:07.2	And so that's emotional dysregulation.
1:09.9	But that's just one little piece of the pie. There's
1:12.2	there are so many other aspects of neurological dysregulation that affect our hormones, you know,
1:17.8	when we go into puberty, how we respond to insulin in our bodies. And when I learn to
1:23.6	re-regulate, those things lifted pretty well. I've overcome some pretty serious medical
1:27.7	stuff because I know I can recognize no-one. I'm dysregulated and I know how to come back from it.
1:34.0	Hey, everyone. I'm really excited today to have a special guest, Anna Runkle. She's also known as
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