Narcissistic Relationships, Trauma & Polyvagal Theory

Trauma & Narcissism Redefined

Caroline Strawson

Narcissisticabuse, Health & Fitness, Narcissist, Self-improvement, Education, Recovery, Mental Health, Trauma

4.8 • 701 Ratings

🗓️ 20 September 2022

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Summary

Do you ever wonder why you react in the way you do and wish that you had a positive response instead of what always seems to be a negative response? If so, tune in, as in this episode I’ll break down Polyvagal Theory and how it teaches us how and why our responses are often automatic. By knowing how our nervous system controls our responses, we can start to point ourselves in the direction of growth by integrating a recovery programme that can change how we feel for the better.

What you will learn in this episode:

What Polyvagal Theory is and how your vagus nerve regulates your reactions
The science behind trusting your gut
How cortisol and adrenaline play a role in your perception of narcissistic abuse

I’ll also discuss how you can use the traffic light system to define where you are in your trauma recovery. At the end of the day, I want you to know how you can turn your pain into your purpose, and by learning more about your nervous system, you’ll be able to create a recovery plan to influence how your nervous system can help you for the better. If you want to learn about these topics on a much greater scale, you can check out my Narcissistic Trauma Recovery Programme here: https://go.carolinestrawson.com/heal-the-trauma-of-narcissistic-abuse

Resources:

Join my FREE Facebook group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/thriveafternarcissisticabuse
Access my low cost Narcissistic Trauma Recovery Programme https://go.carolinestrawson.com/heal-the-trauma-of-narcissistic-abuse
Connect with me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/carolinestrawson/
Find me on TikTok!: https://www.tiktok.com/@carolinestrawson
My website: https://www.carolinestrawson.com/

Transcript

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0:00.0	Welcome to the narcissistic trauma recovery podcast. I'm Caroline Strawson and I'll be sharing with you
0:09.6	awareness, understanding and education about the devastating effects of narcissistic abuse to help you thrive.
0:16.5	I want you to know that I've been exactly where you are and I believe you. And this show is all
0:22.8	about taking you from trauma to transformation. Hey, my friends, it's great to have you here on
0:30.3	the narcissistic trauma recovery podcast. You know, this is really your podcast where every
0:36.5	single week you get a new episode that comes out
0:39.2	each Tuesday where I hope that it will inspire, educate and give you hope that you can move
0:45.5	from post-traumatic stress to post-traumatic growth. Now, in today's episode, it's going to be
0:51.2	a little bit scientific. I'm going to go into some neuroscience about our nervous
0:56.0	system. And I believe what I'm going to share with you in this podcast today should be made
1:01.9	available to every single child in schools so that we can start to really help our world,
1:07.5	our society, lift the shame and guilt of how we feel. Because how we act and how we
1:13.0	behave is very much dependent on how our nervous system is seeking out cues of safety and
1:19.5	cues of danger in our environment. And that comes from our interpretation of our past experiences.
1:26.7	And what I want to talk to you a bit about today is something
1:29.3	that's called polyvagal theory. Now, this is all the stuff that I can spend hours talking about
1:34.5	this, but I'm just going to give you a little bit of a taster in the podcast today.
1:37.0	It's all stuff that I cover in my narcissistic trauma recovery program, which really helps you
1:41.9	learn to regulate your emotions, understand where the trauma
1:44.8	has come from, and using techniques such as internal family systems, EMDR, brain spotting,
1:50.5	breath work, and then really shifting into the positive psychology and the post-traumatic
1:54.5	growth element of recovery of narcissistic abuse. I'll put the link in the show notes if you
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