The fight, flight, response in our brain remembers certain traumatic experiences. It can affect our mental health in certain aspects. The amigdala causes our body to go into this fight or flight mode and triggers certain responses in us. Trauma has a way of skewing our emotional response in certain aspects. It heightens the anxiety responses in us. This is way professional counseling is an important to healing in our mental health.
Trauma is a refining process one year at a time. God heals us from trauma through time. He peels down certain layers one step at a time. Certain flashbacks help us revisit healing one step at a time. God can speak through aspects of the flashbacks in our life. God comforts us through these times and shows us he is our peace.
Trauma taints us with disillusionment. Sometimes we cannot tell the difference between truth and trauma. We have to acknowledge these experiences in our life. When we acknowledge them, we are able to see the truth. Trauma is defined by loss of different things in your life; loss leads to distress; loss leads you to trauma.
Mindfulness is a lost practice. In Christian mindfulness, we are meditating on God's truth. We are renewing our minds; Romans 12:2. Mindfulness centers our hearts and minds on the here and now. God is the great I am; Exodus 12:3.
Breathing is another important aspect of mindfulness. When we are stressed, it affects how we breathe in certain situations. The act of mindfulness and meditation helps us align our hearts with God's. Start a truth journal. One way to face our trauma with truth is a truth journal. One side write down what the trauma says about us and the other side shows us what God says about us.
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