Recently I was speaking to trauma-experts from Oregon. We were discussing the struggles of conducting research around trauma. Perhaps the most famous research centers around the studies that gave us ACEs, Adverse Childhood Experiences. The evidence from the ACEs research seems irrefutable: adverse childhood experiences can profoundly influence the architecture of the brain and the […]
Deep Breathing for Trauma-Impacted People?
In my last blog, Why Telling a Trauma-Impacted Person to Take Deep Breaths Can Exacerbate Their Trauma, I invited readers to appreciate that deep breathing can actually trigger some trauma-impacted people, based on research by many trauma-experts. Further substantiation came as a result of reading an article by Laura Khoudari, a self-described trauma-informed strength trainer […]
Why Telling a Trauma-Impacted Person to Take Deep Breaths Can Exacerbate Their Trauma
There are many trends in the growing world of becoming and/or being trauma-informed. One of them is to encourage people to learn skills that involve deep breathing. There are many YouTube videos and TED Talks giving specific instructions and touting the many positive results of deep-breathing for anyone who is stressed, anxious or trying to […]
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