114 Complex Childhood Trauma and Healing for the Highly Sensitive Person (HSP) with Kina Wolfenstein

TITLE
Complex childhood trauma and healing for the Highly Sensitive Person (HSP)
GUEST
Kina Wolfenstein
EPISODE OVERVIEW
Kina defines trauma (and it may surprise you), and how the Highly Sensitive Person (HSP) responds to trauma. We talk what may not be considered trauma (but is), and how it impacts the person in adulthood (including attachment systems). Kina talks about trauma responses as they relate to polyvagal theory, and why a bottom-up approach is highly effective, and which modalities work from a bottom-up approach. Kina also provides examples of things we can do heal as well as the importance of co-regulation.
GUEST
Kina Wolfenstein is a graduate student in her final semester of school. She will be graduating with her Master’s degree in social work in May, and pursuing clinical trauma counseling. She has worked as a trauma counselor at a domestic violence center, and as a developmental specialist for at-risk children. She focuses her work on Complex PTSD and helping people understand and heal from complex traumas. She also has a podcast called Complex Trauma Recovery.
PODCAST HOST
Patricia is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, and Coach. She knows what it’s like to feel like an outcast, misfit, and truthteller. Learning about the trait of being a Highly Sensitive Person (HSP), helped Patricia rewrite her history with a deeper understanding, appreciation, and a sense of self-compassion. She created the podcast Unapologetically Sensitive to help other HSPs know that they aren’t alone, and that being an HSP has amazing gifts, and some challenges. Patricia works online globally working individually with people, and she teaches Online Courses for HSPs that focus on understanding what it means to be an HSP, self-care, self-compassion, boundaries, perfectionism, mindfulness, communication, and creating a lifestyle that honors us
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[@ab78001]

I'm loving listening to this brilliant conversation. You're both so incredibly articulate in describing the subtleties of complex childhood trauma as it impacts a highly sensitive person. I related so much to both your personal stories of how you were traumatized in your own families of origin. It was interesting, Patricia, to hear you laugh while talking about your trauma. It's funny how we do that, isn't it? Somehow, it really touched me, as if I could send the deeper pain underneath. I don't know. Maybe I'm just projecting.. It must have been so incredibly painful to feel rejected by your dad, and then to be the sometimes surrogate parent of your single mom and sometimes relegated to the back room. I'm so sorry that happened to you. And so grateful that you grew up to be a therapist and started this wonderful Channel. I just discovered your channel, and I'm looking forward to listening to the other episodes as well.

[@myname3065]

Really like this it explains a lot of what my like has been

[@jenwoods2352]

This is so genius! Especially the "gaslighting" effect of trying to think or analyze my way through it. The body connection, and helping the body heal from the trapped trauma, has been so helpful for me, and likely needs to be done for the rest of my life in order to maintain balance for my very perceptive and sensitive nervous system. Thanks so much for this!

[@aml8760]

Great video

[@ab78001]

I'd love to hear a conversation between you and Karly Randolph Pitman. I think it would be EPIC!

[@IntentionalityMentor]

"Trauma is not about the story of what happened to you but how it impacted you. We each are impacted uniquely even if we feel and think the same things." In the nervous system, the body perceives an experience of danger, compounded by lack of support, processing. Often we don't know its trauma in our family of origin because we normalize, and no one gives us language to speak and work through it. Trauma: is defined by how an experience impacts you, how you respond to the things that occur, the lack of having your emotional attachment needs to be met. #AbuseNeglectExploitationAbandonment They are regulated, associated, calm, and Centered. Sensitivity (Highly Preceptive; Survival) NOT a Trauma Response

[@myname3065]

What is hard when a person struggles with it and is again stuck in a truly traumatic situation and needing to get in an emotional or any type of safer place

[@IntentionalityMentor]

Deep Processor, Perceiver, Perspective 1. It is about the depth of processing insight, heightened capacity for empathy, our ability to perceive things that others cannot, we see solutions to problems that others do not, we take in tremendous amounts of data and can synthesis it, to come up with new solutions. Sensitive/Emotional do not do justice to defining HSP's #LoveThis It is about the depth of processing insight, heightened capacity for empathy, our ability to perceive things that others cannot we see solutions to problems that others do not, we take in tremendous amounts of data and can synthesis it, to come up with new solutions. Sensitive/Emotional do not do justice to defining HSP's #LoveThis

[@kenpoulson]

I am a HSP person. Emotions are a big part of it for me because it causes me to over react. My son told me about "measured reactions".

[@jenwoods2352]

I also think there may be a strong association with fibromyalgia, in my case and maybe others. It was research on healing body trauma for fibromyalgia that led me to this video. What do you think?

[@patriciayoungMSW1056]

I have seen a correlation with HSPs and trauma. I'm sure there's more to it, but this is something I've seen. So glad to hear the episode was helpful.

[@aml8760]

Agreed, energy is stored in our cells until it is released.

[@robertafierro5592]

Stress definately affects your health..it's been proven. Stress kills women also, not just the men. Stress turns into Cancer and other maladies that can prove fatal.

[@criticalthinker72]

Well good luck finding name describe everything you wanted to describe