Emotional and Psychological Shock

Something happens to your body when you go into emotional/psychological shock:

The world stops.

Your brain halts the information, sometimes in slow motion, while taking in the event. You begin to question everything related to the major life-changing stress. Shock lingers forever. It stops you from fully understanding the reality. It is inconceivable to take it in when it’s something that jolts the life you thought you had.

A part of your brain turns off momentarily. We experience fight, flight, or freeze. Whichever is part of your programming from early on in your journey.

Then it grabs you. Your world, as you knew it, will never be the same. You cannot unsee what you’ve seen. The trauma disconnects you from the body. It feels as if you are in suspended automation. Time stops. Nights turn into days. Days turn into nights. It feels like nothing makes sense because it is cognitive dissonance.

These triggers can be caused by distrust, betrayal, abandonment, or death of a loved one. They can be brought on by a massive experience of abuse that leaves you disassociated from what you you knew. Trauma is life changing.

It’s all beyond paralyzing. The healing doesn’t even begin for some time. The spaces are filled with emptiness and loneliness. No matter who is around to help you through it, the event shuts you down. It creates a new paradigm that feels foreign. What was, and what has become, do not coincide. Faith and spirituality don’t even seem to appear during the darkest moments.

And, then something happens. At some point the shock turns into deep grief, denial, and anger, as defragmentation begins to set in. You start to question where to put it; where to compartmentalize it all. You question your own judgment... Your own worth... Your own existence. The emotions disconnect from your body and this can turn into major physical issues. Shock can trigger life threatening ailments.

Get help! Please reach out. Don’t hold those events inside. Loss of any kind is inconceivable. It’s hard to move through what you believed in and what has now come to surface. But, please know you are not alone. You, not only have divine guidance, but there are people around you who love you.

Love yourself during these times more than you would ever do before. Time is healing. It won’t happen overnight. Be gentle with yourself.

I love you.

Millie