Unlocking the Hidden Language of Emotions: How Wearable Technology Can Help Us Understand Our Deeper Feelings
Many of us struggle to identify and name our emotions, particularly when we've experienced trauma, grew up in environments where emotions weren't acknowledged, or simply weren't taught the language of feelings. This challenge is especially prevalent among men, who often face cultural pressure to suppress emotional awareness, and individuals with insecure attachment patterns, who may have learned to disconnect from their emotional experiences.
But what if technology could help us bridge this gap in emotional awareness?
The basic problem that brings people to therapy: Part One
I would wager that most of what brings people to therapy are emotional conflicts. Emotional conflicts are the results of some kind of trauma experience. When emotional conflicts come from growing up they are considered symbols of what’s called, developmental trauma (sometimes called “small ’t’ trauma”). When they are in connection to a shocking or harrowing moment or event they are considered symbols of what’s called, shock trauma (sometimes called “large ’T’ trauma”).
what is religious & spiritual trauma or abuse?
Understanding more about spiritual and religious trauma and abuse can help empowerment and healing.
What you need to know about defenses to make your life better
What defenses actually has been lost in our culture. Understanding them can make your life so much better.
Shifting perspectives: understanding your mental health through a biological lens
Your perspective on emotional well-being significantly shapes your actual emotional health.
Rethinking Mental Health: Beyond Symptoms and Illness
Mental health extends beyond medical diagnoses, emphasizing the role of trauma and its lasting impact on behavior as responses to past experiences.
Traumas lead to enduring fight, flight, or freeze reactions, highlighting these behaviors as survival strategies rather than symptoms of illness.
Viewing mental health through the lens of adaptiveness acknowledges coping mechanisms as contextually driven, shaped by individual experiences and environments.
What is trauma?
Dr. Peter Levine created Somatic Experiencing (c) but what does he mean by “Trauma is incomplete self-protective responses waiting to be completed”? Think of it this way: