An emotionally intense, frightening, or traumatic event can overwhelm us and as a result, that experience gets ‘stuck’ in the body (the central nervous system) leaving us overly-sensitive and hyper-reactive.  

Trauma lives in the experience (not the event). When trauma occurs, it overwhelms the system and we are not able to appropriately process everything that happened. The primitive brain takes over and if we remain in 'fight or flight,' we cause tremendous stress and a part of us shuts down to survive. The traumatic experiences get stored at the sensory, visceral, and often nonverbal levels in our bodies. It puts a lot of exhausting strain on the mind-body system and can lead to symptoms such as nightmares, flashbacks, anxiety, depression, irritability, phobias, panic attacks, and isolation.

Brainspotting processes and 'unloops' these stuck memories so we can experience relief and resolution, resulting in a strengthened sense of self.  When the processing is complete, we still have the memories, but they are emotionally neutralized and are no longer triggering.  This results in feeling more grounded, balanced and empowered.

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