A beautiful reminder of what's what. Thank you for naming this, Rohini. I am still making room for my own self-talk and chatter around how things "should" be. The perfection sneaks in; I brace and constrict against "what is"; I return to relaxing my body; and gently, I deepen into a kind of acceptance of things. My embodiment practice is broad enough to hold the messiness of it all.
Thank you for your wonderfully articulate description of what it means to be regulated. In the parlance of hypnotherapy, the build up of overwhelm, triggering FFF, results in hyper-suggestibility, aka trance/hypnosis. We can become suggestible to our own negativity and distress, reinforcing our need to check out, distract, or escape from what we feel. This is an especially important discussion with people challenged by anxiety. You beautifully describe the antidote: "Create capacity and space, and compassionately acknowledge your human experience, however emotionally intense it is."
that suggestibility piece is so spot on! Really helpful, thanks for this, Ted. I can see how addictions and dependencies can arise from here. So glad that the post and topic resonate - thank you for reading and commenting.
I love this witnessing of your experience, Brigitt...that softening, deepening and opening, each time taking us into a new layer of ourselves. Thank you for posting this comment, I appreciate you!
A beautiful reminder of what's what. Thank you for naming this, Rohini. I am still making room for my own self-talk and chatter around how things "should" be. The perfection sneaks in; I brace and constrict against "what is"; I return to relaxing my body; and gently, I deepen into a kind of acceptance of things. My embodiment practice is broad enough to hold the messiness of it all.
Thank you for your wonderfully articulate description of what it means to be regulated. In the parlance of hypnotherapy, the build up of overwhelm, triggering FFF, results in hyper-suggestibility, aka trance/hypnosis. We can become suggestible to our own negativity and distress, reinforcing our need to check out, distract, or escape from what we feel. This is an especially important discussion with people challenged by anxiety. You beautifully describe the antidote: "Create capacity and space, and compassionately acknowledge your human experience, however emotionally intense it is."
that suggestibility piece is so spot on! Really helpful, thanks for this, Ted. I can see how addictions and dependencies can arise from here. So glad that the post and topic resonate - thank you for reading and commenting.
I love this witnessing of your experience, Brigitt...that softening, deepening and opening, each time taking us into a new layer of ourselves. Thank you for posting this comment, I appreciate you!