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1/8 🧠#TraumaAwareness🧠: #Trauma impacts us in complex, multifaceted ways. Advancements in neuroscience tell us it's not just an emotional experience, but a deeply physiological one. Let's talk about why we need to acknowledge this, even within religious contexts. #evangelicals
2/8 Understanding #trauma means understanding the brain. Neuroplasticity shows our experiences, including trauma, literally reshape our brains. It's not 'all in your head,' it's 'also in your brain.' This isn't a matter of faith or opinion, it's established science. #evangelicals
3/8 Dismissing the physiological reality of #trauma undermines the survivor's experience. It can lead to victim blaming, encouraging sufferers to 'pray it away', 'have more faith', 'self control'. This not only fails to address the problem but can compound the pain. #evangelicals
I'm not a journalist. I am a filmmaker. For the past 20 years I have focused attention on the work of Dr John Sarno. In that time I have seen a shift in awareness concerning the import of our emotional response/reactions to the world in regards to our physical health.
I was looking into these issues as a filmmaker, but also as a patient of Dr Sarno, whose family has a long history with his work. I was not an "impartial observer". I was an observer who had a personal investment in understanding how our emotions affect our health.
My mother was a pioneer in the field of social work in regards to dealing with groups. As a woman in a male dominated field she faced significant obstacles but became the first female tenured professor in her school. When I was in Jr High she had breast cancer.
A thread on #MentalHealth, #ToxicStress, and #TraumaAwareness in #HigherEd...
With recognition that our leaders are also experiencing all of these challenges, are they acknowledging these realities?
With recognition that our leaders are also experiencing all of these challenges, are they acknowledging these realities?
What I'm hearing from faculty is no. People are drowning. Faculty, staff, and students are numb, traumatized, scared, and barely holding on by a thread. And they do not feel seen and supported by #highered leaders. There are, of course, exceptions. Those don't make rules.
I think sometimes our leaders feel like talking about these issues is not their job. It's the counseling office's job, right? No. Not right. Conversations about scope of practice can help move this conversation forward, perhaps. 
