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Supporting trauma survivors without hurting yourself
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A major crisis can leave you staring at one terrifying question: “What if the damage is permanent?” We go straight at that fear and argue that the real problem is the story we’ve been taught about trauma recovery. When someone shuts down, lashes out, or goes numb after a life-altering event, it can look like a system that’s shattered. We reframe those extreme reactions as a nervous system survival response, a kind of psychological “safe mode” that protects you when your body can’t afford higher-order functions like long-term planning or complex joy.
From there, we unpack why…
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