Forrest Hanson speaks with trauma therapist Simone Saunders about how to move from understanding your patterns to taking action when emotions become intense. They explore what the nervous system does when it perceives a lack of safety and why the coping tools we have often become inaccessible right when we need them most. Simone outlines a three-step process for connecting with physical sensations, identifying what they are communicating, and experimenting with new responses. The conversation also covers functional freeze, what to do when you feel emotionally numb, and how to work with shame and grief.
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Cognitive bypassing and intellectualizing emotions00:00:00
Many people overthink or intellectualize their emotions instead of feeling them, a pattern known as cognitive bypassing.
A three-step process to actually feel your feelings00:34:51
Saunders offers a practical three-step method: notice a sensation in the body, identify what need it might be signaling, and do something different in response.