Invalidation is... #emotionalintelligence #selfawareness #mentalhealth
Change is hard #traumahealing #polyvagaltheory #selfdevelopment
Biology and Normalizing #polyvagaltheory #selfhelp #traumahealing
Shutdown is the last option #polyvagaltheory #dorsalvagal #shutdown
Shutdown is predictable #polyvagaltheory #dorsalvagal #shutdown
Shutdown is not all of who you are #polyvagaltheory #dorsalvagal #shutdown
Shutdown and responsibility #polyvagaltheory #dorsalvagal #shutdown
Micro-moments of safety when shutdown #polyvagaltheory #dorsalvagal #shutdown
JUst ThiNk DIfFerEntlY #polyvagaltheory #dorsalvagal #shutdown
Is 70 too late #polyvagaltheory #dorsalvagal #shutdown
Embracing shutdown #polyvagaltheory #dorsalvagal #shutdown
Do I need to delve into childhood trauma? #polyvagaltheory #dorsalvagal #shutdown
Can you work with shutdown? #polyvagaltheory #dorsalvagal #shutdown
Can you embrace shutdown? (Yes, it's possible.) #polyvagaltheory #shutdown #dorsalvagal
Anger and anxiety are not as shut down as shutdown is. #polyvagaltheory #dorsalvagal #shutdown
Exploring "Why" of the Past #polyvagaltheory #therapy #traumarecovery
Feeling your polyvagal state #polyvagaltheory #somatic #mindfulness
Felt Experience of Emotions #emotionalintelligence #mindfulness #somaticexperiencing
What do you feel and where do you feel it #mindfulness #emotionalintelligence #polyvagaltheory
What is your dominant Polyvagal state #polyvagaltheory #emotionalintelligence #mindfulness
1 Minute Self-Improvement Advice #selfimprovement #smallstepsbigresults #motivation
Permitting is Essential
Irritation is Evidence of Fight Activation
The Dread of Inner Pain #traumarecovery #depression #mentalhealth
Steps to dysregulation #traumarecovery #panic #anxiety
You might make change faster than others in your life
No good or bad days, just the present moment #traumarecovery #mentalhealth #depression
Feel Sympathetic Activation Intentionally
Shaking & Trembling to Release Freeze Might not be Enough #polyvagaltheory #tre #traumarelease
Pendulation in Micro Doses #polyvagaltheory #traumarecovery #somaticexperiencing
Gently Thaw Freeze Trauma #polyvagaltheory #traumainformed #traumarecovery
Importance of the Vagal Brake in coming out of Freeze #polyvagaltheory #traumarecovery #ventralvagal
Freeze Trauma Flavor: Flight or Fight? #polyvagaltheory #traumainformed #freeze
How Shutdown Freezes Flight/Fight #somaticexperiencing #polyvagaltheory #traumarecovery
Retelling the Trauma Narrative Might Reinforce Freeze #polyvagaltheory #trauma #traumainformed
What is Polyvagal Freeze? #polyvagaltheory #traumainformed #traumarecovery
Freeze & Polyvagal Safety #polyvagaltheory #traumainformed #ventralvagal
Danger of addressing freeze trauma too early #polyvagaltheory #traumainformed #freezemeup
Shutdown to Stillness #polyvagaltheory #traumainformed #dorsalvagal
Shutdown Empty to Full #polyvagaltheory #traumainformed #dorsalvagal
Release Shutdown? #polyvagaltheory #dorsalvagal #shutdown
Regulated Shutdown? #polyvagaltheory #traumainformed #dorsalvagal
Default Shutdown State #polyvagaltheory #dorsalvagal #shutdown
Shutdown Disconnection #polyvagaltheory #dorsalvagal #mentalhealth
Shutdown & Structure #polyvagaltheory #traumainformed #dailystructure
Shutdown Gradients #polyvagaltheory #traumainformed #mentalhealth
Shutdown & Motivation #dorsalvagal #polyvagaltheory #traumainformed
Shutdown & Mental Health #polyvagaltheory #mentalhealth #shutdown
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Justin is a Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist (LMFT99147) in CA that is obsessed with the #polyvagaltheory and applying it to everyday life - mental health, trauma, education, parenting and more. Justin is on the Polyvagal Institute's Editorial Board, created the Polyvagal Trauma Relief System, and authored "Trauma & the Polyvagal Paradigm."
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