Hi 👋 I’m Sonja I have late dx Bipolar 1 & Borderline Personality Disorder both in remission by natural & lifestyle plus very very late dx/very recent Inattentive ADHD & Autism, (History of PTSD/cPTSD/GAD) Dx at 49 with Bipolar & BPD at 52 & #AuDHD just this year! All my belated diagnoses have helped me as maps to manage this extreme combination of conditions. Never medicated, never hospitalised, my blogs contain a distillation of the natural means i’ve found useful to date. This is a new blog as I feel like I’m a new person now that I’ve finally got all the pieces I need to make sense out of my broken/different physiology, nervous system & psychology.

Thursday, June 8, 2023

The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel Van Der Kolk

So I read this famous work on PTSD & trauma in the spring as well as listening to it on Audible as this really helps me to concentrate if I can listen & read at the same time. It’s quite a hefty tome, & it’s not an easy read but I was struck by the remedies section toward the end which recommend several things especially & most notably Neurofeedback & EMDR as the best fastest options for moving through trauma. 

So I wanted to make sure people know that Isochronic tone music is basically very close to being a safe, soft Neurofeedback method without all the expensive equipment etc - it’s a brainwave entrainment tool that you have to consciously self assess how you are responding & adjust accordingly to use beneficially & theraputically.

Coincidentally, I had already instigated what I call diy micro self EMDR plus Isochronic Tones to good affect on a daily basis a year previously to reading Bessels book. I’m sure that working one-to-one with an EMDR trained therapist would be terrific & much much faster etc but when I last tried to get help for my daughter a) they said our mental health pictures were too difficult 🧐🥺 & b) they were charging stupid amounts of money per hour which seems scandalous to me for such a simple technique that is freely outin the public domain, simply requiring a basic supportive therapy backdrop for best outcomes. 

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