AVOIDANCE

You may think that your brain is a real “nuisance” every time it allows an intrusive or traumatic memory to resurface into your conscious awareness. Well, you’re wrong. Believe it or not, your brain is trying to do you a favor! It’s creating an extraction site to release the poison that is contaminating your entire being-but you keep shoving the poison back down because you don’t want to deal with it. The more you shove it down the more toxic it becomes. Your traumatic memories are like a poison that your brain is trying to extract, just as a splinter is a foreign object that your body naturally pushes to the surface for removal. Your avoidance is the problem! In fact, avoidance is the hallmark trait of post-traumatic stress, and it exacerbates the rest of your trauma symptoms (hypervigilance, nightmares, intrusive memories, negative thoughts/emotions). Allow the extraction site to be an extraction site, not a graveyard to continue burying the poison that contaminates your body, mind, and spirit. You must feel it to heal it. #mentalhealth #mentalhealthawareness #mentalhealthmatters #ptsd #pts #posttraumaticstressdisorder #posttraumaticstress #avoidance #symptoms #healing #emotions #psychology #brain #mind #feelings #feelittohealit #thecolorfulpsychologist #healing #recovery #restoration #freedom #peace #love #stress #hypervigilance #psychologist #spirituality #spirit #mindbodyspirit #neuroscience