Yes trauma is very literal, or the left brain is the computer side. If you describe your situation as impossible ad no way to ever heal, the left brain or ego or whatever name you choose, reinforces that statement with as many details and images to make it true. That is why going below the conscious level, where thoughts, words, letters or dialogue can not be understood. The right side of the brain reads numbers as pixels. It does not even comprehend language or consider the last or future. It only sees now, the present. reference Jill Bolte Taylor who during a stroke had her left brain shut down over a 4 hour period.

He describes being totally right rained as euphoric, unifying and awesome. he could not discern in the shower where the wall ended and her arm began. There was no judgment, no right or wrong, no good or bad, and no failure. Life just was and she was their to experience it.

trauma dies in the crystal clear awareness of the right brain. Or to put it another way, Trauma can not exist in this minute if I am empty, without thought.

At any time if a trauma thought arrives, I have the ability to direct my attention to now, and watch the powerless thoughts fade.

PTSD has an Achilles heal, it is powerless and most of all impermanent. How can you describe myself when I am all my emotions and have a human experience. I am different each part of the day. I am different than I was,5, 10,20,30,or40years ago. If you can learnt direct your attention to your breath for a couple of minutes your dissociation will be curtailed in a major way. The need to stabilize our nervous system by shutting down the cortisol and adrenaline dumps aids healing immensely.

I believe childhood trauma since it is entwined with our development is the hardest to improve. It takes concerted effort and guts to move forward.

My belief s that action is needed to heal, both mental and physical. being a former professional athlete, therapist are woefully missing the boat by not using the body to jump start the mind with achievement, flushing of toxins and replenishment of our cortisol.

happiness is found when the left pre frontal cortexes stimulated per Rick Hanson.

We need to stop thinking to heal, stop speaking and thinking about our trauma. there are so many common sense moments wit this disorder. The more time you spend dissociating the more PTSD grows. What fires together wires together. Then energy ,blood and time layer to make this trauma grow. Spend time not thinking about our triggers and they start to whither. We ca replace our ego with a new one.

Why not infuse our true self as our ego. The ego serves us not the other way around. You ca be happy and be below your ego, where things and people exist on their own without me having to identify with them. You can be better than you have ever been if you integrate your trauma. I like the definition of integrating is bringing the complete, whole organism into present moment without thought.