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Simply being therapy12/16/2023 ![]() ![]() As you engage helpful coping skills through mindfulness and regulation techniques, you will feel more in control of your stress response. You will do this by paying attention to your body and learning more about your specific triggers. The main function of therapy for trauma is to adjust your emotional processing and stress response. Mental Health America estimates that at the height of the pandemic in 2020, “there were nearly 1,500 reported incidents of anti-Asian racism in just one month. This has been particularly true of Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) communities since the onset of Covid-19. Alongside previous generations, we as POC are likely to internalize the message that we are inadequate, unworthy, and unwelcome. Beyond having to find work, learn a new language, and raise a family in a foreign environment, many immigrants must contend with the xenophobia and racism that is prevalent throughout American culture. Yet, when they arrived, it’s not as if their circumstances suddenly and drastically improved. ![]() Many of our parents or grandparents survived extreme circumstances, including war, poverty, political instability, and violence, risking their safety to create new opportunities in the United States. Whether our families are native to the US or we’re first-generation Americans, there is no shortage of stressors that create unique obstacles for minorities, immigrants, and people of color (POC). In counseling for trauma and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) at We Rise Therapy & Wellness, you can transform your pain into peace. But therapy is a deeply meaningful space where you can process your trauma. Trauma has a way of seeping into our lives and making us feel unlovable, incapable, and as though things will never change. ![]() If you have children, you may have noticed yourself repeating the same unhealthy patterns of communication and discipline that your parents demonstrated. Unable to identify the exact source of your emotions, you might often project feelings of anger, sadness, or disappointment onto those around you. Perhaps you have anxious or avoidant attachment patterns, which can cause you to withdraw from your relationships, lack trust, or experience frequent conflict with others. Maybe your relationships are where trauma shows up the most. Instead of behaving in response to how you really feel, you may bottle up and avoid your true emotions. Yet, when it comes to your needs, you may feel undeserving or self-critical. You may go out of your way or bend over backwards to ensure that the needs of everyone else in your life are met. If you often don’t feel safe or secure just simply being yourself, it’s possible that unprocessed trauma has impacted your mindset. That is why common symptoms of anxiety and depression, like hypervigilance and low self-esteem, actually have trauma at their core. If we grew up in stressful or emotionally or physically unsafe environments, we developed coping mechanisms to protect ourselves that can become unhealthy over time. Our response to distress is created in childhood, during the formative years in which we are establishing a relationship with our caretakers, ourselves, and the world around us. ![]()
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