Bonita Ackerman du Preez
Bonita Ackerman du Preez
#23 Understanding the conscious mind and its challenges in trauma- part one
#23 Understanding the conscious mind and its challenges in trauma- part one
#23 Understanding the conscious mind and its challenges in trauma- part one
Thursday 30th January 2025
Explore how trauma impacts your conscious mind, leading to heightened vigilance and emotional flooding. Bonita Ackerman du Preez offers insights and recovery strategies.
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Bonita Ackerman du Preez
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Recovery from Trauma
Healing from Sexual Trauma
Mindful Recovery
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Episode Overview
- Trauma pushes the brain into survival mode, prioritising quick reactions over thoughtful decisions.
- This shift leads to emotional flooding and a constant state of vigilance.
- Trauma can fragment and disorganise memories, complicating the conscious mind's processing.
- Difficulties in verbalising feelings and maintaining relationships are common post-trauma.
- Addressing trauma is crucial for reclaiming control over the conscious mind.
Trauma creates really intense reactions to things that happen to us. It can just be like daily stuff and it creates this state of alertness, this constant scanning for threats.
Ever wondered why managing your conscious mind becomes such a struggle after experiencing trauma? In this episode of The Trauma Recovery School, Bonita Ackerman du Preez breaks down the complex relationship between trauma and our conscious mind. She explains how the brain's primary function is to keep us safe, but when trauma strikes, it switches into survival mode, prioritising quick reactions over thoughtful decisions.
This shift makes it challenging for the conscious mind to process thoughts clearly, leading to a constant state of vigilance and emotional flooding. Bonita uses relatable examples, like encountering a bear in the woods, to illustrate how the brain's instinctual responses can override our conscious thought processes. She also discusses how trauma can fragment and disorganise memories, making it even harder for the conscious mind to make sense of past events.
The episode is packed with practical insights into how trauma affects our daily lives, from difficulties in concentrating on tasks to struggles in verbalising feelings and maintaining relationships. Bonita's expertise shines through as she offers hope and strategies for managing these challenges, emphasising the importance of addressing trauma to reclaim control over our conscious mind. If you're dealing with anxiety, stress, or PTSD, or know someone who is, this episode is a must-listen.
It provides a deeper understanding of the conscious mind's struggles and offers a glimpse into effective trauma recovery methods.