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Lenape Land (Bronx, NY)
Joined November 2011
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My goal for my MHC4OC practice is to finish getting the credentials to be a EMDR consultant/trainer and a NYS CE provider so I can use the money I make training therapists to fund free somatic therapy for low income Black people
That seems to be the most sustainable path
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Two points: first, there is no 'after Covid'. There is 'after the end of societal non-pharmaceutical interventions'. Second, Covid can cause both prolonged fatigue and prolonged cognitive dysfunction. Because Covid is so common, population level effects are inevitable.
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Stressing someone into overwhelm is an obvious manipulation tactic used by abusers systemically and interpersonally to control our emotions and actions
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And part of the reason I share my free somatic series is so people can learn how to turn their prefrontal cortex back on by regulating their own nervous system and co-regulating with each other
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When people are stressed and/or overwhelmed, their prefrontal cortex turns off
That’s the part of the brain in charge of critical thinking, creativity, emotions, motivation, etc
That’s why people aren’t noticing the signs of danger that you are aware of & warning them about
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AND it helps you more & more easily spot the people who are playing in your face and mean you actual factual harm so you don’t both sides your way into danger
It’s hard to even gaslight yourself when you, your body, & community have an understanding & the red flags are flagging
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Having a long history of trauma does complicate things, but it’s still very possible to get to that level of relationship with your nervous system and body
The more understanding & emphatic you are to your own survival/trauma responses, the easier it is to have grace for others
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…you can learn to notice the signs of shutdown earlier until you get to a point where you can prevent it much of the time
That will help you think clearer so it’s harder for politicians for example to play you
And it helps you to community build & advocate for yourself
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People pleasing as a trauma response aka fawning, freezing, dissociating, depression, emotional disconnection from others or your body etc is the goal
So they can greedily do whatever they want
Using somatic work to learn yourself & have a deeper relationship with your body,
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Bringing this back (using somatic work to catch the signs of overwhelm/shutdown earlier)
Systemic & interpersonal abusers love pressing all your buttons like an elevator to force you into a dorsal vagal shutdown, esp a chronic years long shutdown
They want you to check out
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This is why my somatic work with clients always involves learning one’s sensory needs & how the body responds to our environment
To make accommodations or major changes, advocate for yourself, or at least be aware of the systemic factors at play so you can’t be gaslit about it
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Noise pollution triggers our autonomic nervous systems
And continues to overwhelm your body even after you try to go on autopilot. Even if you think you got used to it
This affects your heart, critical thinking, appetite/digestion, causes/makes worse migraines & body pain, etc
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Learning how to attend to your nervous system & recover from trauma responses is an essential skill
Fascism loves to take advantage of our fear and trauma responses regardless of political party
Part of fighting fascism is fighting the disconnection from yourself & communities
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Mind you, i saw a tweet yesterday of Iran saying they’re strongly considering cut the internet cables in the sea and then i see this today
FORTRESS: The Pentagon is preparing every major U.S. military base to survive 90 days without outside support — no civilian power grid, no global supply chains, no outside fuel or water.
The initiative, revealed in documents reviewed by Fox News Digital, envisions portable nuclear reactors, massive battery storage, and microgrids that can disconnect installations from civilian electricity entirely. Strategic reserves of munitions, fuel, critical minerals, and medical supplies would be stockpiled based on wartime consumption rates. Civilian factories are being pre-identified to shift to defense production during a crisis.
Pentagon chief spokesperson Sean Parnell put it bluntly: "Power is combat now. Without electricity, you lose communications, water, logistics, assembly lines and just basic military command structures."
Full story here foxnews.com/politics/inside-…
Mind you, i saw a tweet yesterday of Iran saying they’re strongly considering cut the internet cables in the sea and then i see this today
FORTRESS: The Pentagon is preparing every major U.S. military base to survive 90 days without outside support — no civilian power grid, no global supply chains, no outside fuel or water.
The initiative, revealed in documents reviewed by Fox News Digital, envisions portable nuclear reactors, massive battery storage, and microgrids that can disconnect installations from civilian electricity entirely. Strategic reserves of munitions, fuel, critical minerals, and medical supplies would be stockpiled based on wartime consumption rates. Civilian factories are being pre-identified to shift to defense production during a crisis.
Pentagon chief spokesperson Sean Parnell put it bluntly: "Power is combat now. Without electricity, you lose communications, water, logistics, assembly lines and just basic military command structures."
Full story here foxnews.com/politics/inside-…
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3 different somatic breathing exercises that quickly work on the autonomic nervous system and practical ways to use them based on what you know so far!
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Welcome back!
This is the 1st chapter in Unit 4
The theory we covered in Unit 3 prepares you to practice regulating your ANS with Unit 4’s (& Unit 2’s) somatic tools
Chapter 19 (blog post & video versions) covers 3 somatic breathing exercises that directly influence the ANS
Somatic Series Unit 4, Ch. 19: Somatic Breathing Exercises (That Actually Work)!
queeringpsychology.com/2026/…
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This is the end of Chapter 18 on Co-regulation and the end of Unit 3
This video covers the last part of practical ways to co-regulate along with bonus info on community building
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This is the 1st part of Part 5, closing out Chapter 18 on Co-regulation
This video covers practical ways to co-regulate with your community: Parallel Play/Body Doubling, Sharing, Sound/Music, and Play