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Birth, the Nervous System and the Village We’ve Lost

Birth, the Nervous System and the Village We’ve Lost - What makes a birth traumatic — and can better preparation help? Following new UEA research into childbirth-related PTSD, ZenMuma explores birth trauma, the nervous system, fear and regulation, and why education, agency and community matter before, during and after birth.

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The truth about anxiety...

The thing about anxiety.

It really believes it is protecting you.

When it fires up to full on force it’s like

“What the hell - THREAT’

These threats can be real, “a car is going to hit me and kill me” or imagined threats from past learned responses and narratives deeply buried from childhood or unpleasant relationship experiences etc, these manifest in thoughts like ”I’m doing such a terrible job at being a person”…

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