IF AN EVENT RESULTS IN TRAUMA IN THE BODY IS NOT DETERMINED BY THE EVENT BUT IS DETERMINED BY THE NERVOUS SYSTEM BEING ABLE TO MOVE THROUGH ACTIVATION (FIGHT, FLIGHT OR FREEZE) AND RETURN TO A BASELINE REGULATED STATE.  WHEN ONE HAS A HISTORY OF DEVELOPMENTAL TRAUMA, CHILDHOOD ABUSE OR AN "UNSAFE" CHILDHOOD (INCLUDING RACISM, SEXISM, HOMOPHOBIA, ETC) THE NERVOUS SYSTEM IS MORE VULNERABLE TO FUTURE TRAUMA WHICH CAN MANIFEST IN PANIC, ANXIETY, DEPRESSION, CHRONIC ILLNESS, PATTERNS OF POOR RELATIONSHIPS, POOR BOUNDARIES, SLEEP DISORDERS, DISORDERED EATING, ADDICTIONS, FEELING STUCK, LACK OF MENTAL FOCUS, CAN'T FEEL BODY, TYPE-A BEHAVIORS, ETC.

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