Working with Chronic Fear - with Peter Levine, PhD

Поділитися
Вставка
  • Опубліковано 18 сер 2022
  • Get the latest strategies on treating trauma in the short course: "How to Work with the Part of Trauma That Can’t Be Verbalized" with Peter Levine, PhD: www.nicabm.com/program/levine...
    Trauma can often leave clients with debilitating feelings of fear.
    According to Peter Levine, PhD, it can be difficult to help clients break free of chronic fear without addressing its psychophysiology.
    In the video above, Peter shares how he works with clients suffering from chronic fear and guides us through one simple exercise that can help clients regulate themselves.
    This video comes from the NICABM blog. For more information or to watch more videos like this one visit: www.nicabm.com/?del=YTOrganicDescription

КОМЕНТАРІ • 217

  • @mortalclown3812
    @mortalclown3812 Рік тому +227

    Peter could easily retire and he's still helping people in counseling and these videos. Many blessings and thanks for the upload.

  • @lobibc8188
    @lobibc8188 Рік тому +305

    I was raised in fear from birth. I've lived in survival mode for years!

    • @jacksonscully2537
      @jacksonscully2537 Рік тому +30

      Ive healed myself I can give you some advice if you like.

    • @kirstykat6180
      @kirstykat6180 Рік тому +18

      How did you heal from it? I’d love to know more

    • @lobibc8188
      @lobibc8188 Рік тому +28

      I am still healing. It will always be a life long learning. It's our choice to learn to love ourselves, so we can release it.

    • @evelynreid5215
      @evelynreid5215 Рік тому +12

      @@jacksonscully2537 Please can you give me some advice. I am in constant fear. Many thanks.

    • @grey_blue2513
      @grey_blue2513 Рік тому +17

      @@jacksonscully2537 Please let me know as well I have been stuck in freeze/dissociation from age 1

  • @dachater1
    @dachater1 7 місяців тому +38

    Fear and anxiety in the body is so painful and exhausting. I find in so worn out physically, mentally and emotionally afterwards.

    • @Vivere17
      @Vivere17 3 місяці тому +3

      My CBT therapist told me to read the book “ the body keeps the score”

    • @alexb5787
      @alexb5787 2 місяці тому

      Same here it’s soo bad at the moment

    • @megannifranklynschool
      @megannifranklynschool 2 місяці тому +1

      Listen to the audible book called dare... it'd life changing for anxiety... xxxx

  • @mountainmolerat
    @mountainmolerat Рік тому +163

    If you've been anxious long enough, the bodily sensations sometimes seem to have a "mind" of their own and come up even when the mind is thinking about something neutral or even pleasant.

    • @vivianhaugaard2481
      @vivianhaugaard2481 Рік тому +25

      Yes, I have noticed that. My mind can be calm but the body suddenly goes wheeeee!

    • @EyeOfTheTiger777
      @EyeOfTheTiger777 11 місяців тому +12

      Having the exact same experience. What to do about it? I can sit with the bodily sensation for HOURS and it will come and go, change, but rarely completely resolve.

    • @carriefingsolomon
      @carriefingsolomon 8 місяців тому +10

      @@EyeOfTheTiger777reframing and accepting. Coming from a place of true acceptance like “I hear you, fear/sensation. You’re allowed to be here.” They’re more likely to lessen than if we’re going all this to make them go away. OR, they’re still there and we can feel more at peace and at ease with them and carry on with our lives

    • @angelinasouren
      @angelinasouren 8 місяців тому +9

      ​@@carriefingsolomonyes! Fighting feelings makes them stronger. Observing them and looking after them, embracing them as if they are a little child that needs warmth or whatever, that works better.

    • @mapleext
      @mapleext 7 місяців тому +4

      @@carriefingsolomon I think I might almost understand this. I confess, I get more triggered and feel more anxious in my stomach and chest than ever - and I’ve had it all my life. You can’t breathe it away - I know that. I try to exercise and whatnot. But it comes back so often - I feel like it’s a constant state and wonder why I don’t explode sometimes.

  • @alexb5787
    @alexb5787 2 місяці тому +8

    I was bullied badly at school as the new boy. The impact is still with me 30 yrs later. The fear and worry comes every day. 😢

  • @rebeccadewinter342
    @rebeccadewinter342 8 місяців тому +39

    God I wish I had found this years ago. It would have saved me so many wasted years. The fear of fear crippled me for so long . Just know you will come through as long as you accept, all the sensations are Only sensations. 🦋

    • @JnTmarie
      @JnTmarie 8 місяців тому +1

      Thank you. I am starting up again an event and the fear and paranoia warranted or not is exhausting. Triggers fear of assault to stealing my things. Breathing. Moving. Helps self talk.

    • @kirstieb8025
      @kirstieb8025 7 місяців тому +6

      sounds like your primary caregivers did not nurture, validate or soothe you. same. and i have chronic fear. but it’s getting better.

    • @Bcke14304
      @Bcke14304 9 днів тому

      ⁠@@kirstieb8025Really appreciate your summary description here, Kirstie: nurture, validation, & being soothed-you nailed it:)! Same story here. I’m
      g r a d u a l l y learning the practice of:
      1. self-care: how to express needs in a healthy, non-manipulative, non-passive way
      2. how to validate: myself first - via inner child work - then I can extend that to others (**the UA-cam channel called “Jimmy on Relationships” has been a total gift on learning what validation sounds / looks like)
      3. How to self-soothe - I’m doing lots of somatic work - starting to re-connect my body to my emotions. Twenty-five years of talk therapy (cognitive) just kept me in my head spinning in anxious circles. Thx to Dr. van der Kolk’s work - & Dr. Peter Levine, et al - I now understand how critical the somatic work is. 💕
      As sad / lonely as it sometimes feels to do SELF-care (nurture), SELF-soothing, or validating my inner child - I’m starting to see that it’s the only way out of addressing unmet needs that my parents were unable to meet (**alongside working w/trauma-informed therapist/s)

  • @Yosetime
    @Yosetime 7 місяців тому +23

    This is very good advice. I do jumping jacks because they tire me out. There is something about the physical movement of the body that releases stress almost immediately. The trick is to have a plan for what to do after the movement. I usually plan on keeping moving just doing simple household chores with music on. Within minutes, I don't even remember what was freaking me out. And I don't try to go back to figure it out. I just forget about it. Thanks for the reminder!

  • @nightsky8012
    @nightsky8012 Рік тому +30

    I am in a lot of confusion due to my chronic anxiety for 12 years… Thank you for sharing.

    • @mikelisteral7863
      @mikelisteral7863 8 місяців тому +6

      anxiety is fear of shame

    • @Nobody-up5zm
      @Nobody-up5zm Місяць тому

      ​@@mikelisteral7863yes but what does one do with that when the shame is truth based.

  • @Olivia-wz9by
    @Olivia-wz9by Рік тому +59

    I have been chronic fear for years. Sure; I get moments of peace- but it is fleeting. I’m fearful of others in the workplace. I’m ready for this to stop.

    • @rubytuesday7653
      @rubytuesday7653 Рік тому +3

      I'm sorry this is happening. 🪶🤍🪶

    • @rubytuesday7653
      @rubytuesday7653 Рік тому +3

      I understand 🥀♥️🥀

    • @rubytuesday7653
      @rubytuesday7653 Рік тому +16

      Yoga, self hugs, nature, service animal, books and stay out of reach from toxic people. 🌈

    • @rubytuesday7653
      @rubytuesday7653 Рік тому +5

      🌿🍒Look in the mirror and tell your inner child how♥️'d they are.....♥️🍒♥️

    • @rubytuesday7653
      @rubytuesday7653 Рік тому +2

      I love skipping. And, I imagine Dorothy in the wizard of OZ in the poppy field when it starts snowing the song ....I sing and vision me .....

  • @sonja7halcyon
    @sonja7halcyon Рік тому +34

    Artists know this naturally, drawing, drumming, dancing, singing clears fear, anxiety and shutdown for me. I have flamenco footwork drills that I can do that releases fear and generates energy back into my system.

    • @DianaLizette-jd7sh
      @DianaLizette-jd7sh Рік тому +2

      💃

    • @sonja7halcyon
      @sonja7halcyon Рік тому +3

      @Queenie Maja well I think it’s all about finding whatever art form speaks to you and then benefiting from the grounded it brings. Footwork, playing guitar, knitting - all sensory stuff is great. But yeah I do find using your feet and stamping (golpeó) the ground can be one of the quickest ways to ground but I also do it because I actually love Flamenco and love to practice it. You can find a few free footwork videos on UA-cam but I recommend try out a few different dance styles on UA-cam and see what resonates with you. Then it becomes more than just a chore or practice for managing trauma but actually becomes a source of joy and fun and creativity in your life. Which is what our inner children are missing the most. I do the drills to enjoy and practice flamenco, but if I’m having a high anxiety or highly-triggered day then I will do a few drills whether I feel like it or not and it will calm me.

  • @dorisw2507
    @dorisw2507 10 місяців тому +16

    It's funny how when we are in this state the last thing we want to do is move, well I guess that's when we are in frozen state. It takes such a big push, but is so helpful.

    • @yoya4766
      @yoya4766 6 місяців тому +2

      So true, I live in a frozen state much of the time.

    • @Bcke14304
      @Bcke14304 9 днів тому

      Yes - sometimes so hard to MOVE when dissociation/Freeze has ruled the body for decades. But the somatic work & awareness is where it’s at, I’m seeing. So grateful for Dr. Peter Levine’s work💕. As a 20+ year insomnia sufferer, I often find myself frozen stiff in bed at night - with gripping/perseverating thoughts swirling - when I can’t sleep. It can be brutal.

  • @wandarask8444
    @wandarask8444 8 місяців тому +7

    When I reached my 29 birthday my life changed first anxiety attacks then panic attacks I nearly died when had a server panic attack then the fear steps in l became terrified of most things most things it would go then come again and it went on for years , , l was skinny cause l didn't want to eat, l didn't want to answer phones there so much that went on it was horrific, it took a long time to heal .

  • @hew195050
    @hew195050 Рік тому +13

    In qigong it's the shaking exercise. Same thing, Disperses excess energy.

  • @GIRLSCOUTTROOP-zc4zb
    @GIRLSCOUTTROOP-zc4zb Рік тому +88

    Thanks again for such great guidance. I’m helping my adolescent daughter heal from two elementary school assaults resulting in a lot of trauma trapped in her body. I have learned so much just watching these short clips. My daughter is beginning to recognize how the sensations shift and how her thoughts ruminate and she is gaining in her understanding and is able to “move” in various ways depending on what and where feels it and how it can trick her/overreact and hold her back. Rage shifting down to anger and now down to fear, slowly regaining perspective on what’s happening physiologically. Sometimes her movements may need a walk, a run, a jump etc. we let it play out. She still has moments when she freezes and puts herself into a restraint position on the floor but I am now able to speak to her and remind her that she understands what is happening and that we need to get up and move and let the feeling move all the through and out. When she’s ready we reflect on what happened using Dr Stuart Shanker self-Reg model.

    • @deboraamado
      @deboraamado Рік тому +12

      Best Mom Ever ❤❤❤

    • @shazza3099
      @shazza3099 11 місяців тому

      Have you seen the book & UA-cam The emotions code ❤

    • @Dee14444
      @Dee14444 10 місяців тому +7

      Amazing mom you are❤

    • @Bcke14304
      @Bcke14304 9 днів тому

      If only my mom was this invested and informed. God bless you for how you’re coming alongside, nurturing & connecting with your daughter: patiently helping her to heal.

  • @AdamGbl95
    @AdamGbl95 9 місяців тому +13

    I was adopted at birth into a small, older family with a very unstable and fairly incapable elderly mother with 0 structure, limited sense of security, and lack of nurturing and emotional support.
    Hitting intense anxiety and panick attacks at age 27 being completely on my own with no family left is extremely difficult. Especially when everything his at once. It's almost as if you relive the hidden trauma of birth adoption going back to a state of vulnerability, isolation from rejection, and unknown sense of identity.
    Though it's hard, i can at least see a glimpse of hope that something big would come out of this, but know you're not alone out there. The reason we don't see others going through the same stuff is because they're usually at home, not out.

    • @sfo3113
      @sfo3113 8 місяців тому +2

      27 seems to be a cursed age when mental shit hits the fan. i've been going through similar states. knowing that it gets better really helps in getting better. i hope u find all the healing, love and support you didnt receive and then some more.

    • @ZFern9390
      @ZFern9390 7 місяців тому +1

      Horribly selfish to adopt a child into anything other than a large healthy family. Some People are so ridiculous

  • @lesleygarvs4640
    @lesleygarvs4640 Рік тому +16

    This-is-only-a-memory-I-am-totally-save-now...
    You say it out loud, just conscious that as an adult, you are your self parent(self-parenting technique)... At the beginning, as everything, it feels akward, however, just like the technique from this doctor, it s about realizing that this head trip, is only that... And I... am the boss, who is making sure... I am ok🤸‍♂️🤸‍♀️🧘‍♀️🧘‍♂️🤗😁🤭💅

  • @jeannetet3762
    @jeannetet3762 7 місяців тому +11

    I was raised in fear from birth. I have managed to overcome a lot in my daily life, but a serious problem is that when I wake up in the morning, as soon as I open my eyes, I already feel the deep fear, my body is in the bed, with the feeling of stiffness, like when you are in danger and you should not move, not even breathe, a hollowness in the stomach. I remain in silence observing all this and I can rationally separate the sensations and "come to my senses". The associated thought: The world is not a safe place. I would like to wake up and feel the joy of the new day, not the burden of fear. How can I achieve that? Dr. Lavine, thank you very much for contributing to our health through your recommendations.

    • @renek.6434
      @renek.6434 7 місяців тому +6

      You already seem to be very aware of yourself which is great. In my experience, it's necessary to allow all those uncomfortable states to find more comfort. Somatic psychotherapy can help with this. But to be honest, it's quite a tough process either way.

    • @jeannetet3762
      @jeannetet3762 7 місяців тому +5

      @@renek.6434 Thank you for your reply. You are absolutely right. The work is daily but our health and mental stability are worth it. Wishing everyone success in their daily process.

    • @nick8252
      @nick8252 7 місяців тому

      ​​​@@jeannetet3762The way to deal with my fear was to go back in time, when the abuse started and for the many yrs it continued.
      I started journaling 3 years ago, going back in time and looking at the TRUTH at what really happened in my childhood.
      It's like I was excavating my lost self under all that abused. I was buried alive for so many years.
      The more I faced the truth, the more my body has been coming out of " fear". It's a long process. I actually felt worse before I started to feel better.
      Journaling has really helped me so much! I'm still a work in process but feeling so much better than before.
      I believe the key is to go back in time and bring up all of those repressed emotions from the past. Many ways of doing this. Journaling is just one way. It was definitely my way!

  • @kali542
    @kali542 6 місяців тому +2

    thank you so much. I am a many decade Buddhist, and an interfaith chaplain, and I have some sort of vagal stress reactivity related to my endocrine system & gut that causes extreme surges of fear and doom/terror (not fun!). I have learned that taking activated charcoal actually helps to calm my belly which is what seems to fuel my anxiety. Then as described here, I get out of my head by doing something physical. It really helps. Good luck everyone. It happens to the best of us!

  • @ultralyrics1
    @ultralyrics1 Рік тому +22

    I feel like I've been in survival mode my whole life

  • @earthdancing
    @earthdancing Місяць тому +1

    I'm smiling and tingles in my fingers! TY!

  • @hilpei3675
    @hilpei3675 9 місяців тому +9

    I love you so much, Dr. Levine. These somatic practices are profound for those of us with fear in the body.

  • @fiachramacaonrae5449
    @fiachramacaonrae5449 11 місяців тому +6

    I like your manner, Peter.

  • @SnackAttack6
    @SnackAttack6 6 місяців тому +2

    I get so caught up in my fears, that I don’t even feel my body, I have left my body. So its getting to that point of my feeling my body that I need to get to and, that can take up to 2 weeks to months

  • @sophiapaulekas4767
    @sophiapaulekas4767 Рік тому +2

    Thank you so much. This is extraordinarily helpful.

  • @lolamarie3884
    @lolamarie3884 Рік тому +37

    This made me smile so much - skip skip skippptoolaloooo

    • @dk1828
      @dk1828 Рік тому +7

      I just adore this man 🥰he’s so knowledgeable and easy to understand

    • @lolamarie3884
      @lolamarie3884 Рік тому +7

      Aww I completely agree! He’s brilliant!!

    • @terywetherlow7970
      @terywetherlow7970 7 місяців тому +3

      I loved his song & Dance also.

  • @wandarask8444
    @wandarask8444 8 місяців тому +1

    Thankyou you Sir for your episodes.
    From Australia

  • @shars.555
    @shars.555 Рік тому +34

    Yes, when the body mindfully releases the tightness in the body, the thought realizes that the fearful thought has been given to your higher power. That is my experience. Thank you. ❣️

    • @lgd1724
      @lgd1724 Рік тому +1

      Please can you explain? Also how do you mindfully release the tightness? Struggling with this. Thank you

    • @shars.555
      @shars.555 Рік тому +7

      @@lgd1724 Progressive relaxation will teach you how to relax your body and to body scan yourself for tension. There are some great video on relaxation on youtube, too. Anyway, when you are relaxed tell yourself , "Hey you, my inner being, SEE I'm relaxed and everything is still okay. I don't need to hang on so tight or to expect the other shoe to drop when things are going well for me. It's all about self-talk. Positive self talk videos are on yourube as well. I think this journey is all about learning how to move on and love yourself/give yourself a break and look for positives in other people to or just go nuetral. Hope that helps. ❣️🧘‍♂️💫💫💫🙏💙

    • @shars.555
      @shars.555 Рік тому +2

      @@lgd1724 I think tension and negativity can recycle in your mind. So, I like to journal writ my negative thoughts down and turn them into positive thoughts or more hopeful thoughts. It clears your mind from going over and over the problem and puts you in solution mode. I love Abtaham-Hicks, too.

    • @mryesman4189
      @mryesman4189 7 місяців тому

      ⁠​⁠@@lgd1724I know this is late but I’ll try to explain. Its a looping cycle, take racing heart as an example. The feeling of racing heart is a feeling that every person and creature experiences. The feeling of racing heart coupled with the obsessive fear of a heart attack is something only chronically fearful people experience. We cannot stop a racing heart, it’s part of life especially when being active. We also cannot stop our thoughts because that’s what the brain does. The place we have control is by separating the two. When you realize that one without the other holds no power. A racing heart is just a racing heart, a thought about a heart attack is just a thought. A thought with no more power or meaning than a thought about a taco or a cat. It is only when paired together that they hold so much power. Understand that these are two events. A feeling in the body and a thought in the mind. Now see yourself between the two and go into the feeling of your body just as it is with no story. This can’t be difficult because it feels like your ignoring an alarm but in time it gets easier

    • @lovesings2us
      @lovesings2us 7 місяців тому +2

      Thank you! I think I might sort of get what you mean! In my particular friendship with my Source, who I also call Love, and many other names, I get the idea that Love doesn't want me to carry burdens of excess fear and other stuff. Love seeks to free me. When I skipped along with Dr Peter Levine, it felt like my excess fear just slipped off my back and I sensed that the root issues causing my fears are in the wise hands of Love. I'm deeply grateful to Dr Peter Levine for his kind, amazing help, here in this video and in many other venues.

  • @elaadamek1353
    @elaadamek1353 7 місяців тому +1

    This is priceless thank you so much

  • @TraumaTherapie
    @TraumaTherapie Рік тому +6

    🙏 So helpful - thank you!

  • @nicolemiller2430
    @nicolemiller2430 Рік тому +21

    This helped me so much and immediately changed my mood like magic. I am not kidding! It really worked!!!!!

  • @margipinto7925
    @margipinto7925 7 місяців тому

    Powerful! Wow!! Thank you 💥

  • @MoxyVerve
    @MoxyVerve 3 місяці тому

    I like you, what a wonderful person you are!

  • @EvaEva-lf3ww
    @EvaEva-lf3ww 9 місяців тому

    Thank you so much

  • @novaste1238
    @novaste1238 7 місяців тому +1

    Thank you x

  • @tracymorgan1780
    @tracymorgan1780 Рік тому +18

    I’m currently dealing with chronic fear. I had a freak lung collapse and ended up in the hospital for 8 days. My lung took a bit to inflate. Dr was good, but overall experience was traumatizing. I’m still dealing with pain where my lung collapsed and no one can give me answers. I’m in constant pain and anxiety. Especially after covid.

  • @mirzafatic1663
    @mirzafatic1663 Рік тому +5

    Thank you Peter!!! You are Amazing 😊❤

  • @monicatian8168
    @monicatian8168 22 дні тому

    Fear is intergrated with pysical sensations or thoughs, when you are exhaused, a bit gentle move with cheerful music will boost energy up and down to cure the exhausation.

  • @TanyaMaster
    @TanyaMaster 4 місяці тому

    Such a beautiful technique: what do you notice happening as you bring your attention to the sensation. LOVE!

  • @zanewalsh1812
    @zanewalsh1812 Рік тому +40

    The child in me recognizes the child in you ✨

    • @Bcke14304
      @Bcke14304 9 днів тому +1

      This is a beautiful comment… I felt the same way when I saw him skipping 💕

  • @cassiestevens8382
    @cassiestevens8382 19 днів тому

    Thanks💌

  • @jmcmahon1931
    @jmcmahon1931 4 місяці тому

    Irrational and rational fear, being able to distinguish the two and being able to have an outside perspective of the two can help. Exercise is a great tool for minimizing anxiety and depression.

  • @peterdeneke8401
    @peterdeneke8401 8 місяців тому +7

    I feel shaking when I have to speak to authority figures or have to speak in public

  • @andrereloaded1425
    @andrereloaded1425 Рік тому +24

    I've been in freeze mode ALL my life. I don't know where it originates but it's almost always there in the background. I'm trying somatic experiencing to see if I can get some relief.

    • @birdienumnums1
      @birdienumnums1 Рік тому

      did you get relief?

    • @andrereloaded1425
      @andrereloaded1425 Рік тому +4

      @@birdienumnums1 It seems to dissolve some trapped trauma but without a teacher beside me, I'm not sure I'm getting the best results. Nina Goradia is the best UA-cam teacher I've found for Somatic Experiencing. She's brilliant.

    • @birdienumnums1
      @birdienumnums1 Рік тому +4

      @@andrereloaded1425 Thank you for the name I need to look her out. I am in a dark place due to trauma and its a night mare how your realise your life can fall apart once you cannot easily do stuff because of the effects of stress on your body :(

    • @birdienumnums1
      @birdienumnums1 Рік тому +3

      @@andrereloaded1425 did you use any of Nina Goradia's stuff? I thinking feeling unsafe is one of my biggies. .and trust of others too.

    • @andrereloaded1425
      @andrereloaded1425 Рік тому +4

      @@birdienumnums1 Yes, I have tried to put into practice Nina's teaching of allowing the negative energy to just be in my body - without me wrestling with it and trying top deny it.. It's not easy because the mind wants to inject traumatic thoughts into the mind/body loop... but if you feel the body energy without tthe narrative of thinking, then the negative energy dissolves somewhat.

  • @traciannveno
    @traciannveno 7 місяців тому +1

    True love casts out all fear. Pray to God. He is love itself.

  • @ourlovehowerica
    @ourlovehowerica 8 місяців тому

    Much love. Im sorry for my humble oppinion, maintaining the avoidance grows the problem, it can be unbuild with exposition and replacement with other emotions, as any allergical state and histaminase, can be healed with tiny expositions that generate the reactiveness, till the balanced adjustment of the body and replacement.

  • @katydid594
    @katydid594 Рік тому +6

    Makes me smile, but I can’t skip 🤷🏻‍♀️

    • @amorris0419
      @amorris0419 Рік тому +5

      Possibly imagining yourself skipping and singing the song together can bring a shift. The imagination is amazing. Best to you…

    • @katydid594
      @katydid594 Рік тому +4

      @@amorris0419 Great idea, thanks!

  • @cmadge7474
    @cmadge7474 Рік тому +3

    Love it. Genius. Thank you

  • @Nina.Goradia
    @Nina.Goradia Рік тому +5

    Thank you 🙏🏼❤

  • @VoxJoxx
    @VoxJoxx 8 місяців тому +12

    Pslam 91: Get God's protection if you're in a narcissistic relationship or have narcissistic enemies.

  • @denisethomas1581
    @denisethomas1581 Рік тому +2

    Great idea

  • @Nobody-up5zm
    @Nobody-up5zm Місяць тому

    I am considered ugly and was picked on , overlooked and ridculed my entire life. I built up so many walls due to it , but it all came dlooding back when i had a child. I feel so much guilt as i watch him go through the same thing. He is the best thing in my life but i feel horrible that I burdened him with my genetics

  • @singlaankush777
    @singlaankush777 11 місяців тому +1

    so for freeze response we should do containment exercise?

  • @clairek776
    @clairek776 11 місяців тому +5

    If we practice these simple somatic exercises....recognizing then moving the fear in our bodies....will practicing this repeatedly over time help to slowly work them out of our bodies? Or is it just continually moving things around?

  • @suzannekrimmer659
    @suzannekrimmer659 Рік тому +7

    Love it

  • @StitchFae
    @StitchFae 8 місяців тому +3

    Caffeine induces fight or flight, cut that out if you’re having issues with fear/anxiety

  • @MarciaB12
    @MarciaB12 Рік тому +5

    Oh please help me. I'm in terror all day. Fear all day, it never stops.

    • @nicabm
      @nicabm  Рік тому

      Hi, I don't have any personal recommendations that I can give, but I can direct you to this database: www.psychologytoday.com/us/therapists
      Here, you’re able to search for therapists and support groups based on location, and filter through the results based on a variety of factors - specialties, approaches, and methods.
      Alternatively, I would also recommend that you review some of our blogs or free materials and reach out to our community. Many times, both practitioners and patients will comment on our materials, which may help you with what you are looking for.
      I'm sorry I couldn't be of more help, but I do hope this is a step in the right direction and helpful in finding the resources you need.

  • @pablow129
    @pablow129 Рік тому +3

    How can you separate the feeling from the thoughts or images? There are ideas and thoughts that are even happening unconsuslly...

  • @minookalantari
    @minookalantari Рік тому

    Thank you

  • @mgn1621
    @mgn1621 6 місяців тому +1

    My body is in a constant state of bracing. I need to create feeling safe in my body.

  • @marijawright604
    @marijawright604 9 місяців тому +3

    Loved the skipping 😅

  • @MarciaB12
    @MarciaB12 Рік тому

    OK so i will try

  • @htttppppp
    @htttppppp 8 місяців тому

    So in this context, contain means to hold and not repress?

  • @loquacious_lisa
    @loquacious_lisa Рік тому +8

    How do we deal with chronic illness symptoms that are so debilitating and so so traumatising ?

  • @glad5324
    @glad5324 Рік тому

    Merci!

  • @rachelwong3474
    @rachelwong3474 7 місяців тому +1

    ❤️

  • @TraumaTherapie
    @TraumaTherapie Рік тому +3

    Is it possible to add german subtitels? There are qiuet a lot of people in my community not speaking english.

    • @nicabm
      @nicabm  Рік тому +1

      Hi there, unfortunately we currently only have English subtitles and transcripts. However, we are actively working on creating subtitles in other languages, and will notify our community once they are available!

    • @TraumaTherapie
      @TraumaTherapie Рік тому +2

      @@nicabm As far as I know there is an automatical translation tool provided by youtube. It may not be perfect, but might help people to understand ...

  • @painoutsidethebox
    @painoutsidethebox Рік тому +5

    What about a complex phobia? How do you change that automatic response of extreme terror?

    • @ranc1977
      @ranc1977 Рік тому

      First make distinction -
      what is the main theme of complex fears?
      1) if the fear related to you being punished, hurt, attacked by toxic people?
      OR
      2) is the fear related to you being perceived in wrong way by other people?
      The first one is trauma - and it is Complex PTSD. Check out information available for CPTSD.
      The second one is narcissism, it is egocentrism and it is sign of mental illness that is more in aspect of mild schizophrenia, Paranoid Delusional disorder where drugs are necessary since the subject will rarely seek help or recognize the sickness on its own.
      The first one will self blame, self hate and self pathologize - where the "cure" is to start "blaming" others and cutting contact with toxic people.
      The second ones blame others, attack others and are rude to others - where the "cure" is to self blame, self pathologize and self hate virus of trauma inside that is causing the disorder.
      CBT lumps these together, does not make any distinction and thus created severe psychological damage to anyone seeking help.

    • @wavy6470
      @wavy6470 Рік тому +12

      @@ranc1977 Which resources are you basing this on? I have fear of being perceived wrongly by others as I've been gaslighted my whole life. I truly doubt I'm a narcissist, as my biggest issue is having more empathy for others than I have for myself.

    • @eliezer1060
      @eliezer1060 Рік тому +1

      ​@@ranc1977
      But...how do you make a difference between those who start blaming others because of a trauma and those who are used to do it.
      Or is it just that traumatized peopple are caved in a blaming modus and is narcistic behaviour just a behaviour to protect you from beeing attacked.
      Just like a little dog who changed his fear and hideaway in biting and attacking.

    • @ranc1977
      @ranc1977 Рік тому

      ​@@eliezer1060 "But...how do you make a difference between those who start blaming others because of a trauma and those who are used to do it. "
      This is excellent observation.
      Well - we can get education in learning red flags and we can devote time and learn about narcissism and toxic people.
      Sam Vaknin is excellent resource - he has free book download NPD quotes and a lot of video information.
      Another excellent resource is Doctor Ramani.
      The bottom line is that we can never know why people are evil and what causes them.
      We do not have Star Trek technology to scan their brain, their genes, we do not have time travel technology to monitor their past - we rely on their pathological lying and their skewed tunnel vision confirmation bias as the only information about them - and of course their behaviour - which may for all we know be guided by parasites and hormones disbalance hiding in their body...
      The point is - we do not know. We can't know.
      So - the only thing we can do is take care of ourselves.
      We can cut them out of our life.
      We can make peace that toxic people are part of this planet and we cannot heal them, we cannot control them, we are not prison system so we cannot persecute them.
      But in the same time we cannot be silent about it, we cannot shut up and self censor ourselves about evil people since this will allow their abuse to continue.
      We really need to find sweet spot where are are at peace with evil people and where we talk about it and process it and know how to handle difficult people based on advice by traumatized people who learned healthy sane strategies how to handle evil people - like I said Sam Vaknin and DR Ramani are two greatest people on this planet who are available online as resource about narcissism and how to handle narcissistic abuse.
      We must know that our drive to learn about narcissism is obsession and it is not healthy. It is alarm that we did not process trauma - and that we need to feel the pain, process the pain, know how to handle pain and hurt and difficult people - without blaming ourselves and without having codependent need to fix other people and being stuck with them or hoping that they will change if we only decode evil people and learn some magical secret how to handle them -
      because there is no magical solution.
      Our education is the only weapon that will not land us into jail or complete mental breakdown in handling toxic people in our life.

  • @dubravKA1111
    @dubravKA1111 10 місяців тому

    💛

  • @annier1873
    @annier1873 4 місяці тому

    Can someone explain in layman’s terms?

  • @skyjuke2006
    @skyjuke2006 6 місяців тому

    Quando noti che il tuo cuore batte forte, puoi sentire se questo aumenta, rimane lo stesso, diminuisce o si trasforma in altro?

  • @julianal.573
    @julianal.573 8 місяців тому

    💐

  • @Thegoddess_return
    @Thegoddess_return 7 місяців тому

    ❤❤❤

  • @kr1221E
    @kr1221E 8 місяців тому

    Can you be too traumatised to do this work? I have CPTSD? 3:06 onwards, what do we do if we get overwhelmed when doing this work without an SE therapist? Thanks

    • @kr1221E
      @kr1221E 8 місяців тому

      @@aaliveagain Thanks for your quick reply. I did not see what he did with his feet, and as I am English and the US and UK often have words for things, and I could not see what he was doing with his feet, I am not quite sure how to skip on the spot, as the word "skip" here means to use a rope and jump, or to walk forward in a bouncy way. How did you skip on the spot? Many thanks.

    • @kr1221E
      @kr1221E 8 місяців тому

      @@aaliveagain I really appreciate you taking the time to write this helpful reply.

  • @ToeMass123
    @ToeMass123 7 місяців тому

    👍👍

  • @joycewright5386
    @joycewright5386 7 місяців тому

    I’m so confused. I clicked on this video because the title peaked my curiosity. What are people afraid of? Is it a tangible fear or imaginary? Is it the same as anxiety?

  • @samhermans8236
    @samhermans8236 7 місяців тому +1

    I seem to be stuck in a bodily sensation of fear and anxiety without having any specific thought at all.

    • @indiabharat5014
      @indiabharat5014 2 місяці тому

      That's your lymbic system. Feel the anxious thought without going too deep into it and once you have felt it for a while let it go with an exhale.

    • @samhermans8236
      @samhermans8236 2 місяці тому

      @@indiabharat5014 Thanks but that’s essentially the issues. There are no thoughts that I know of. It’s just in my body

  • @meri.dilkidhadkan
    @meri.dilkidhadkan 8 місяців тому

    We’ll fear of abandonment yes fear of chronic stress fear of being on your own fear of being separated for so long fear fear of mistrust even for your own parents

  • @shahilagh
    @shahilagh Рік тому +3

    I don’t understand what is new in these things I have done and soothed myself with much more all my life ! I see no novelty

    • @paulgeorge9228
      @paulgeorge9228 Рік тому

      what have you done to soothe ur fear?

    • @shahilagh
      @shahilagh Рік тому +1

      @@paulgeorge9228 fear is a universal experience we have experienced since being a child! always face your fear to soothe it. also knowing you r taken care of if u have been doing kind things even if things seem to be bad.

    • @paulgeorge9228
      @paulgeorge9228 Рік тому +1

      @@shahilagh thanks, my body has been chronically tight in a position for years now because i was sad and slept in a fetal position for a couple months, for some reason the muscular tension just wont let go, any ideas on what could work to release this tension?

    • @shahilagh
      @shahilagh Рік тому +1

      @@paulgeorge9228 I m not in your body to know :( sorry to hear that. I have experienced chronic health issues and depending on energy levels, gentle yoga movements help; massage helps a lot too; chiropractor visit for a few sessions help a lot too.

    • @paulgeorge9228
      @paulgeorge9228 Рік тому

      @@shahilagh yeah but the thing is these issues have solved themselves completely after one meditation session once then it all came backagain

  • @friederikeernst7985
    @friederikeernst7985 Місяць тому

    Dear Peter, the older you get, the more beautiful you get.

  • @itsmeycb
    @itsmeycb 7 місяців тому +1

    What if you largely feel the fear when driving? You know you're safe, but the anticipation of being unsafe is heavy.

    • @obas143
      @obas143 7 місяців тому +1

      Remind yourself that you drive carefully and you are a mindful driver. That's it, life is uncertain.

    • @itsmeycb
      @itsmeycb 7 місяців тому +1

      @@obas143 Thank you!

    • @JEHOVAH485
      @JEHOVAH485 7 місяців тому +1

      Bind the spirit tormenting you in Jesus name. God bless.

    • @itsmeycb
      @itsmeycb 7 місяців тому

      @@JEHOVAH485 AMEN! I never looked at it as tormenting spirit but that is as accurate as it gets. Thank you!

  • @Bcke14304
    @Bcke14304 9 днів тому

    When the comments section is the trauma processing support group I’ve been looking for…

    • @Bcke14304
      @Bcke14304 9 днів тому

      Just read all 211 comments (as of May 2024:), and really appreciated everyone’s input ☺️

  • @thecitizenjoan
    @thecitizenjoan 8 місяців тому +2

    So I’ll start dancing and skipping next time I feel afraid

  • @Medietos
    @Medietos 8 місяців тому

    What abloodybout when the reasons to fear are never solved and obliterated but get new ones on top again and again, and more? Give some solutions or meaure to the difficult things, bot just trifles all the time, please. Mr Levine and everybody else. It takes a LOT of toime and loiife-energy to seek and watch yt videos, , being distracted, losing one's ytrack, never gettimg tha6t rel adequate level of helpful. And of course missing the most valuable thing of all: A live other human who knows how to soothe, listen, respond,address the healing-hope and the healng-will empower and encourage. Bölast to have done this for others from a lack, in the hope of then being worthy of help myself, but never gettingg it, just giving until so drained, tired and harmed. Sorry for uninyelligible comment,

  • @simplypositiveme
    @simplypositiveme 3 місяці тому

    I catastrophize all the darn time.

  • @k91985
    @k91985 Місяць тому

    Enzymes is the only thing that helps me, otherwise I will look out of the window and feel fear go up. With enzymes I lookout the window and instead the fear oes down as it should

  • @SC-vb2ui
    @SC-vb2ui 2 місяці тому

    ⛲️🙏😇 🤸🏼💚🤸‍♀️

  • @qeroses3013
    @qeroses3013 Місяць тому

    Anyone else get scarred by the strange background noise?

  • @Posttraumaticbliss
    @Posttraumaticbliss 7 місяців тому +2

    The Fruits of the Holy Spirit are 9. Peace is one of them. Repent, accept Christ get baptized with the Holy Ghost my friend. Jesus is still the way the Truth and the Life!

  • @michaelmelamed9103
    @michaelmelamed9103 7 місяців тому +1

    There’s no chronic fear. There’s a feeling called existential anxiety. You might choose to fear it or not. When you are dead you don’t exist and there’s no existential anxiety. Enjoy feeling alive while you can 😊

  • @flamingrobin5957
    @flamingrobin5957 Рік тому +6

    "perfect LOVE drives out fear because Fear has to do with punishment" Jesus died on the cross for our sins rose from the dead and gives eternal life by THE LOVE OF GOD and the hope of eternity with him. God took our punishment to give us hope, joy, peace. fear is a natural moment but love drives it out. the perfect love of God can come through people but not continually. safe people can help us when we are safe

    • @attheranch873
      @attheranch873 Рік тому +1

      There is no place here for fantasies

    • @joycewright5386
      @joycewright5386 7 місяців тому

      I was just thinking the same thing. These people need Jesus!

    • @dachater1
      @dachater1 7 місяців тому +1

      @@attheranch873He is real and alive !! Mankind is in a mess because they have turned away from God.

  • @shosha13
    @shosha13 Рік тому +7

    Fearful flies in the buttermilk …Shoo fly shoo!🎼🫶🌻

  • @babblingidiot7903
    @babblingidiot7903 7 місяців тому

    Peter didn't quite teach us what to separate. He stopped short after saying, "physical sensation" but what are we suppose to separate?

  • @ekk.k
    @ekk.k 8 місяців тому