A safe place technique in healing depression and effects of high stress

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During a nerve-wracking experience which is judged by our subconsciousness as a danger without a possibility to fight, a body pretends it is dead in order to save us. That’s an effect of being exposed to high stress which we call ‘depression’. It is the way our survival instinct works. An animal which can’t evade a predator tries to look like carcass to avoid death. It could have been helpful for us when we lived in the natural world. Unfortunately, now it is quite problematic - many of us have problems to return to the emotional balance after a highly stressful situation although objectively there is nothing dangerous around anymore. Statistics are terrifying - according to the World Health Organisation, more than 300 millions people of all ages suffer from depression! 

So what to do when there is nothing to feel so bad in the present moment but we feel like crap? What to do when our subconsciousness doesn’t get we want to leave the past and finally be happy? What to do when we can’t deal with the effect of the trauma? There are a lot of therapeutic methods to let the subconsciousness understand that we are safe. Today I would like to share with you the one I got to know as the first on my path. It is called ‘a safe place technique’. 

This method helped me when I had strong PTSD. I was in the state of such high anxiety and fear of other people that I was not able to work with a therapist. I needed to make my defense reactions lower before the real work started and this technique helped me a lot. I also have friends who don’t suffer from PTSD but they have too much stress in their lives. They use a safe place to relax and sleep better at nights. I believe it could work for many of us no matter what we struggle with. I like it because we don’t need a therapist or any special equipment to do that and money are not a barrier here at all. 

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https://www.kasiamay.com/blog/a-safe-place-technique-in-healing-depression-and-effects-of-high-stress/

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