Week 3

Exploring Emotional Triggers and Trauma.

In this part of the course, we will delve into the intricate interplay between our emotional triggers and the subsequent reactions that arise. When we are triggered by our surroundings and enter a state of losing control, our responses often come from a place of unhealed emotional wounds. These responses can manifest in various ways, such as withholding our feelings, suppressing them, or expressing them in unresolved outbursts. Such stressful and disruptive reactions not only make us feel uncomfortable, but also impact our emotional and physical well-being and our relationships when externalized.

Developmental trauma, which can occur during pregnancy, early childhood, or later stages of life, significantly hinders our ability to process emotions effectively. This often leads us to rely excessively on our analytical brain to anticipate danger, manage difficult emotions, and navigate situations that trigger these feelings. In this session, we will explore the internal tendencies to shift from "witnessing" our experiences to a more cognitive "observing" stance. Additionally, we will examine how these emotional wounds cause us to disembody into a third-person perspective as a way to protect and survive.

This shift away from feeling integrated, creates an essential imbalance within us, often leading to a sense of not able to turn off, a semi-permanent state of being on the lookout for danger. As this process gradually unfolds, we lose touch with our deeper, intrinsic sense of self, creating a blind spot or shadow from where our patterns of survival “hide.” These mechanisms subtly influence our beliefs and later grow into fixed traits.

Throughout this part of the course, we will utilize HEAL's framework and process to identify pointers, which are themes, sounds, words, and meanings that resonate most with the reactive expressions of our emotional wounds within our minds, bodies, and socially. These expressions may be emotionally and physically overwhelming and influence the way we observe, think, speak, and interact personally and socially.

By recognizing the patterns within us that no longer serve us, we can begin to explore them more carefully, paving the way for conscious and healthy resolution. This journey of discovery and awareness is crucial in reclaiming our sense of balance and fostering emotional resilience.

Experience:

• In this third session, we are going to explore how we internally adapt to pain and externally adapt to triggers. We lay the basis for expressing our emotions more harmoniously. HEAL uses powerful models to discover the meanings of the physical sensations, complaints, and accompanying overwhelming feelings.

• We will also experientially explore how complaints, once random and fragmented, start to form recognizable and discernible patterns, which integrate even more dimensions.

• Discernment helps us expand beyond our challenge, step into uncertainty, giving us space for healthy resolution, and showing us what else is possible.