How Guided Imagery and Breathwork Help Calm Panic Attacks with CPTSD

How Guided Imagery and Breathwork Help Calm Panic Attacks with CPTSD

In this episode, we explore how to use visual sanctuary guided imagery and breathwork techniques to calm panic attacks, offering a practical tool for CPTSD survivors to find safety in their own minds. You will learn to build a peaceful inner refuge and regulate your nervous system when anxiety strikes, turning overwhelming fear into manageable moments.

What You'll Learn:
• Build a detailed visual sanctuary for instant calm
• Use breathwork patterns to lower panic intensity
• Differentiate between a panic attack and trauma flashback
• Apply guided imagery to rewire threat responses
• Create a daily practice to prevent panic episodes

Key Insights:
• The mind cannot distinguish real from vividly imagined safety
• Controlled breathing directly activates the vagus nerve
• Panic attacks often mask unresolved somatic trauma
• Visual sanctuary combines grounding and resourcing techniques
• Consistency rewires the brain's fear circuitry over time

Recommended Resources:
• The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der Kolk
• Complex PTSD: From Surviving to Thriving by Pete Walker
• Waking the Tiger by Peter Levine

📩 Have questions or want to share your experience? Reach out at cptsd@senseofthisshit.com.
💛 Join Our Supporters Club ($3 a month) 💛 Ad-free listening + early episodes — help keep independent media alive. Click Here: https://www.spreaker.com/podca...

Det här avsnittet är hämtat från ett öppet RSS-flöde och publiceras inte av Podme. Det kan innehålla reklam.

Avsnitt(167)

Understanding CPTSD 101: Trauma Healing Starter Path Guide

Understanding CPTSD 101: Trauma Healing Starter Path Guide

Hello and welcome to CPTSD: Let's Make Sense of This Sh*t. I'm Gregory, and this episode is CPTSD 101. We will cover the basics of complex trauma and how it shows up in everyday reactions. The goal is...

14 Juli 34min

Understanding CPTSD Sleep Hypervigilance Night Protocol

Understanding CPTSD Sleep Hypervigilance Night Protocol

Welcome to CPTSD: Let's Make Sense of This Sh*t. I'm Gregory and tonight we are taking up CPTSD Sleep: Hypervigilance Night Protocol Before Bedtime. This show stays tightly focused on the thirty to si...

14 Juli 30min

CPTSD Sleep: Hypervigilance Night Protocol Before Bedtime

CPTSD Sleep: Hypervigilance Night Protocol Before Bedtime

In this episode, we cover Sleep. The conversation opens with: Welcome to CPTSD: Let's Make Sense of This Shit. I'm Gregory and tonight we are taking up CPTSD Sleep: Hypervigilance Night Protocol Befor...

14 Juli 30min

CPTSD Isolation: When Trauma Shrinks Your World and Social

CPTSD Isolation: When Trauma Shrinks Your World and Social

In this episode, we explore how complex trauma can make your social world feel smaller and smaller over time. Isolation often starts as a way to stay safe after painful experiences, but it can linger ...

29 Juni 30min

CPTSD Identity: Who Am I After Complex Trauma Rewrites Me?

CPTSD Identity: Who Am I After Complex Trauma Rewrites Me?

In this episode, we explore how complex trauma reshapes your sense of identity over time. Complex PTSD often leaves you questioning who you are after years of adapting to survive. Through personal sto...

29 Juni 33min

How to Improve Repair After Abandonment Fear Shapes Conflict

How to Improve Repair After Abandonment Fear Shapes Conflict

In this episode, Gregory explores how trauma rewires everyday conflict into life-or-death fears of abandonment. He shares personal stories of shutdowns, over-apologies, and racing thoughts after simpl...

29 Juni 28min

Progressive Muscle Release: Interrupt CPTSD Bracing in 2 Minutes

Progressive Muscle Release: Interrupt CPTSD Bracing in 2 Minutes

In this episode, struggling with chaotic CPTSD symptoms that spike right before the weekend? Discover how trauma recovery tools can turn emotional flashbacks, toxic shame, and relationship patterns in...

26 Juni 9min

How to Notice Self-Orientation Signals During Dissociation

How to Notice Self-Orientation Signals During Dissociation

In this episode, Gregory shares a practical self-orientation exercise designed to help when dissociation makes the world feel distant during everyday tasks. Listeners follow clear steps they can try i...

26 Juni 36min

Populärt inom Utbildning

historiepodden-se
det-skaver
rss-bara-en-till-om-missbruk-medberoende-2
harrisons-dramatiska-historia
not-fanny-anymore
nu-blir-det-historia
rss-viktmedicinpodden
allt-du-velat-veta
sektledare
johannes-hansen-podcast
roda-vita-rosen
rikatillsammans-om-privatekonomi-rikedom-i-livet
sa-in-i-sjalen
i-vantan-pa-katastrofen
sex-pa-riktigt-med-marika-smith
rss-basta-livet
rss-traningsklubben
rss-dr-bjorklund
vi-gar-till-historien
rss-ar-det-rimligt