Bonita Ackerman du Preez
Bonita Ackerman du Preez
#39 Your Nervous System Isn’t Broken – It’s Doing Its Job
#39 Your Nervous System Isn’t Broken – It’s Doing Its Job
#39 Your Nervous System Isn’t Broken – It’s Doing Its Job
Sunday 20th April 2025
Bonita Ackerman du Preez explains how trauma affects the nervous system and offers tools to reset and rewire it for healing and resilience.
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Episode Overview
- Your nervous system isn't broken; it's protecting you.
- Trauma wires the nervous system to see danger everywhere.
- Polyvagal theory helps understand trauma's impact.
- Practical tools can reset and rewire the nervous system.
- Healing involves both body-based practices and brain-focused techniques.
You're not too sensitive. You're not lazy. You're not dramatic. You're not broken. Your nervous system is doing what it's trained to do – protect you.
In this episode of The Trauma Recovery School, Bonita Ackerman du Preez sheds light on a common misconception - your nervous system isn't broken, it's just doing its job. If you've ever felt stuck in survival mode, constantly anxious, or numb, Bonita explains that it's not because you're broken, but because your body is trying to protect you.
Trauma has trained your nervous system to see danger everywhere, and until you reset it, you'll keep living under threat, even when you're not. Bonita introduces the polyvagal theory as a game changer in understanding how trauma impacts the nervous system. She discusses how our bodies shift between different states - fight or flight, freeze or shut down - based on perceived safety or danger.
The real challenge is that trauma can wire you to stay stuck in these states long after the actual threat has passed. Bonita offers practical tools and techniques to help reset and rewire your nervous system, emphasising a bottom-up approach that includes body-based practices and a top-down approach that works directly with the trauma centres of the brain. By retraining your nervous system, you can learn to feel safe, be present, and regain confidence and self-belief.
Bonita's insights are not only informative but also empowering, providing hope for those feeling trapped in survival mode. Tune in to discover how you can start your journey towards healing and resilience.