In his work recently a lot of attention to the energy level of the client. How people deal with the condition when he feels a surge of strength translates impulse into action or frightened. Resting, when power becomes scarce or bring themselves to exhaustion. The hyperarousal or, on the contrary, fading, and frequent exhaustion warning signs.
In the book "Ghosts of the past" Otto van der HART, Ellert R. S. Nijenhuis and Katie Steele talking about the constant low level energy on the verge of exhaustion people suffering from the effects of psychic trauma. In his work with travmatiki often see the permanent transition from apathetic lethargic or completely depleted state to hyperarousal and back.
Interestingly, when I started writing this text, I made the same transition. And it seems to me useful to stop there. I felt the strength and desire to go back to my notes and reflections about the energy level. The thought of how to begin to write, I felt the excitement and burst of energy. Sitting at the laptop, I began to notice how my level of excitement began to grow and reached a rather high level. From which to write proved impossible. My heart was beating, and I felt the strongest excitement and even fear. I wanted to escape, but I stopped that momentum and began to observe and analyze. And that's what happened. Strong excitation my brain felt like danger, and I quickly flew to hyperarousal. The brain works best in an optimum state of arousal (i.e., within the window of tolerance). In the state of gipervozbujdenia complex cognitive functions necessary for writing, are not available. Activates the sympathetic nervous system reactions Bay run, or if it includes a powerful braking (parasympathetic nervous system), - reaction freeze. If the experience was a trauma, prolonged hyperarousal or braking causing retraumatization. Important as carefully withdraw yourself from the first and second state. This can be done in different ways. For example, through stopping and breathing, as in this case I did. Since I recognized the reaction of gipervozbujdenia in the beginning, it immediately had an effect. If the hyperarousal is possible to see or just may need more time of care. and attention to his condition. Helps focus attention on sensations of the body, the output of the meta, from which you can dialogue with yourself and then you can see that in reality, nothing life threatening. I'm still in the same place that 15 minutes ago, nothing has changed. And I get scared, in fact, the tidal forces. But my strength is good and nothing does not threaten me.
If the session I notice gipervozbujdenia client state, usually offer simple ways of grounding: feel the feet, wiggle my toes, notice how the feet come into contact with the surface of the Shoe, as the feet rest on the floor, feeling its hardness. You can also wiggling my ass on the chair until you can feel his support. You can stretch your legs and hands and touch the seat surface, the walls or feel the texture of the fabric of their clothes. It is important to focus on the physical sensations. Or look around and list items that are in sight. Oddly enough looking around, listing out loud reduces anxiety level and helps to return to reality.
Subjective hyperarousal may be experienced as a feeling of fullness, zahvachennoi like experiencing more of myself. Also often greatly quickens the heartbeat, increased sweating, and muscle tension increases. When giponatriemii can dramatically turn white skin, sometimes blue lips and fingernails, breathing becomes rare, barely noticeable. People like freezes, hides. Also can have the feeling of the cotton of the legs, or they may not feel a lump in my throat and a General feeling of stiffness. When giponatriemii helps shake the whole body, as is done, for example, dogs when out of the water.
These are simple ways, of course, not a substitute for psychotherapy, but can help to manage with anxiety in the here and now.
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