When you experience trauma, your brain changes. It isn’t broken. It’s protecting you. This isn’t your fault. It’s biology—a survival mechanism designed to keep you alive.
The Alarm System: Your Amygdala in Overdrive
The fear center of your brain, the amygdala, becomes the loudest voice. It screams, Danger! Danger! even when there’s no real threat anymore. Meanwhile, your rational brain, the prefrontal cortex, struggles to take back control—but trauma makes this nearly impossible.
Living in Overdrive: The Body’s Reaction
Your body stays in overdrive, bracing for the next hit.
Trauma rewires your body into survival mode, triggering automatic responses known as the 4Fs:
Fight, Flight, Freeze, or Fawn.
That’s not you being “overdramatic.” That’s your nervous system trying to save you. These reactions decide whether you push back, run, shut down, or people-please in stressful situations.
Rewiring for Safety
You’re not crazy. You’re not weak. You’re a cycle breaker—and there’s immense power in that.
If you feel stuck in this loop, know this: your brain isn’t the enemy. It’s doing what it’s supposed to do. But you can teach it that the danger is gone—and healing is possible.
The healing audios linked below are designed to support your brain and nervous system back into a state of calm.
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