Trauma can come in all shapes and sizes, and that means that you might find yourself having a variety of experiences that color your life, including your birth experience. While many people look at birth as an experience that should be blissful and magical, other standards might have you go into childbirth expecting trauma. No matter what standards you might feel like you need to lean on, trauma can make a big impact on your life, and you deserve to process and heal however works best for you.
No matter what your experience has been like, trauma is a natural response in the brain to any stressful or uncommon situation. Trauma comes from the same place in the brain as regular stress, just amplified. This means that everyone responds in different ways, and that healing and thriving after trauma is absolutely possible. While different techniques might work for different moms, here are a few ways you can work towards thriving after a traumatic birth experience.
- Lean On Your Support System
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