The neuroscience of how to trauma is stored in your body. Essentially when you take in sensory information that is traumatic your mind sends a single to your brain to store this information. Then you brain usually cannot hold it so it goes through your hypothalamus and shoves that message back down into your body. It’s at that point in your hypothalamus and some other pieces of your nervous system turn that electrochemical message into a hormonal message through your immune and endocrine system.

Your nervous system has a built-in program called neuroception It’s always scanning for cues of safety or danger, even when you’re not aware of it If your body finds safety cues, you shift into regulation: better sleep, calmer mood, balanced hormones, steadier energy If it doesn’t, you stay in stress mode Here are ways to notice and build safety cues in your day: 1️⃣Calm, kind tone of voice 2️⃣Gentle facial expressions (eye contact, smiles, soft gaze) 3️⃣Supportive touch (hugs, weighted blanket,