Trauma-Free Module Discussion

[Kevin]

I love hearing stuff like that!

[Aaron]

reduction in triggers

Me too! This module is still in my platinum and
it continues to add value to my life. There were
a few traumatic events in my teen years. With
this module, little by little, I'm more at ease
with certain things that used to be negative
triggers.

[zartgirl]

Hey Aaron and Admin...

Just a quick question... I have lately been having trouble with my stomach. I know it is emotional, but still it is just not fun. Basically I wake up with an upset stomach about 4-5 days a week. Yesterday it started to dawn on me that I have been doing the Trauma Free Module for just a little longer than the stomach problems, could this be a form of Cog dis? Could the Trauma module be bringing up and healing stuff so deep that it is affecting me physically in my stomach? I am begining to think that this is what it is!

This just brought up another thought as I was typing... If that is the case, then the next possibility is that when I have finished processing all of my old traumas in my life my physical challenges will probably just leave too, because they are probably caused by the traumas... Right? Good chance anyways and something to look forward too.

Well that is all I have to ask, and thank you for your answer!

Blessings Sallyjane

[Kevin]

Just a quick question... I have lately been having trouble with my stomach. I know it is emotional, but still it is just not fun. Basically I wake up with an upset stomach about 4-5 days a week. Yesterday it started to dawn on me that I have been doing the Trauma Free Module for just a little longer than the stomach problems, could this be a form of Cog dis? Could the Trauma module be bringing up and healing stuff so deep that it is affecting me physically in my stomach? I am begining to think that this is what it is!

This just brought up another thought as I was typing... If that is the case, then the next possibility is that when I have finished processing all of my old traumas in my life my physical challenges will probably just leave too, because they are probably caused by the traumas... Right? Good chance anyways and something to look forward too.

Well that is all I have to ask, and thank you for your answer!

Blessings Sallyjane

Hi Sallyjane,

Could be just a coincidence...but more likely you have intuited the cause...and once the cause (replacing established trauma induced patterns with positive loving patterns) is dealt with, the symptoms will fade also.

[Kevin]

Hey Sallyjane,

Here is some more info that may be helpful. (I copied and pasted it from an old post of mine)



The Herxheimer Reaction, or Healing Crisis applies to all types of healing, including what one experiences with PATHS.

It is NOT experienced much at all as a result of conventional or allopathic treatment of dis-ease. The reason is simple, as a rule, allopathic "treatment" is targeted at symptoms, not the actual cause of dis-ease.

PATHS is the Ultimate Natural healing process. It is your body and mind that produce the changes.


You may feel worse before you begin to feel better...

The Road To Better Health may begin with a Healing Crisis

As you move toward better health with PATHS (or many natural healing programs) and better nutrition, healing begins to occur. As part of the healing process the body will begin to discard toxic residues which have built up in your body over the years. The healing process usually does not occur without repercussions.

During the initial phase of healing, as your body begins to clean house, (detoxify) and your vital energy begins to repair and rebuild internal organs, you may experience headache, uneasiness, flu like symptoms and fatigue. It is important that you adequately rest during this time. These symptoms will pass as your body begins to normalize to a new level of health.

As you continue to improve, you may begin a process called retracing. You may feel worse before you feel better. For example, if you used to get skin rashes, the rashes may reappear or get worse for a period of time as your body eliminates toxins through the skin. You may also experience an initial increase in urination, or you may feel more nervous. In actuality, you are not getting worse, you are actually getting better. Eventually you will reach a plateau of better health.

The above is a good overview of the traditional view of the "Healing Crisis" in terms of the physical body.

HOWEVER, the principle is very similar for emotional healing/habit repatterning. The process of breaking out of a "Locked Pattern of Behavior" can produce a type of "Emotional healing crisis" which follows the same process as above, including "retracing".

What you are experiencing is not a result of being this label or that label, it is the natural course the body and mind take in dealing with change.



This is another HUGE subject entirely. I will touch on it briefly.

There are several different types of PATHS modules.

1. Modules that are primarily biological cues. These modules "do most of the work for you" by getting your biological terrain in balance via instructions to your subconscious which then executes them. Examples would be the Change of Life, PMS and Stem Cell Modules.

2. Modules that are primarily "repatterning habits of thought". These modules simply put healthy "affirmations" directly into your subcounscous, which then bubble up into your conscious mind. (This is VERY different than affirmations that go into your conscious mind and through all your conscious filters, before possibly reaching your subconscious for future use).

With these type of Modules we have complete control over what we choose to do when these thoughts bubble up into our conscious mind. This is where we can experience a type of "emotional healing crisis" or "approach-avoidance conflict". Examples would be the...hmmm, I think all of these modules have been upgraded to the next type of module.

3. Modules that combine repatterning habits of thought or action with biological reinforcement. These modules combine healthy affirmations with "biological rewards" and/or "biological prompts". These modules contain the same as #2 above, but they also have 2 other types of instructions:

a. When you have xyz thought there is a temporary increase in production and absorption of a "feel good" hormone like serotonin or oxytocin, etc. This is a prompting, or an associative prompt to encourage the new thought pattern.

b. When you execute abc action there is a temporary increase in production and absorption of a "feel good" hormone like serotonin or oxytocin, etc. This a reward for taking abc action to encourage that action to become the "default" action in a given circumstance.

With this type of module we STILL have complete control over how we choose to think and act. These modules can introduce cognitive dissonance and we can experience a type of "emotional healing crisis" or "approach-avoidance conflict".

Examples would be Positive Attitude, Effective Communication, and Self Esteem Modules.

4. Modules that interact with the Collective, or cause your subconscious and conscious to interact with the Collective. The Murakami Model of Synchronicity Click Here to view explains this very well.

With these modules we have the choice on how to process and whether to accept and integrate new ways of thinking, believing, and acting on these beliefs. These modules are particularly prone to create cognitive dissonance and a type of healing crisis.

Examples would be Stimulate Intuition and Insight and Spiritual Enlightenment and Development Modules.

5. Modules that are a combination #2,#3 & #4 above.

With these modules we have the choice on how to process and whether to accept and integrate new ways of thinking, believing, and acting on these beliefs. These modules are particularly prone to create cognitive dissonance and a type of healing crisis.

Examples would be the Successful Living Series, Increased Business & Productivity, and Effective Goal Setting and Achievement Modules.

I trust this has shed some light on how PATHS works, and how it can create such a plethora of results.

[Adrienne]

good morning world/family

hello,
I have been on the trauma module now for 5.5 months.
I started off with the general trauma mod.. and noticed how i became nore comfortable with people and i had a desire to be more social... i wasn't afraid of people as i suppose i had been..(didn't realize that how i thought/felt was affecting this social aspect)
didn't really notice any paticular things that would have triggered me... i was more at ease with myself.

then after two and a half month i went on the rape version of the module...
wow this one was incredible...
i attracted things to myself that would have triggered 10x more than they did... and am now so much more comfortable with men and sex... and many things that involve the both...
as well i became much more comfortable in general (as they say... whoever they are.... trauma touches all aspects of our lives)
many ways of looking at things and how i precieved things changed...
specifically it is hard to pin point.. i suppose there was alot less fear of the world and expecially the men in it...
and the ability to say no to situations that didn't feel right has increased dramatically....
not simply with men but in general...
that feeling that i had to give something up to be ok, and to be liked, or loved... it has become safer (in my head..hehe) to be more my authentic self...
and the thought of being involved with someone sexually... doesn't freak me out...
some odd beleifs about well if your getting sex... you ain't getting anything else...
well i feel that that aspect has dramatically weaved it self into one...
then about two and and a half months after that....
which was last week i switched to the military version of the trauma module...
this I chose cuz my mother was born andgrew up during the war in hungary... and since we are influenced by our parent and are moldedwith/by there pattterns of behavior and reaction...
i figured that this might be useful...
as i see the trauma patterns within me in regards to intense chronic fear of being taken... lack of safety
of scarcity,
that there isn't enough,
survival
violence that i seem to attract and also can loose it myself...
thinking that hitting is useful... and perhaps i may not hit..
but it is in the emotional reactions i notice the rage...
as well as the violence i have attracted to myself... as well as violence from my childhood...
hmmm...
just kind of suprised that there wasn't a specific version for violence....
however i did email paths and ask about these things... and they said it could be useful..
so i will keep you posted...
i also notice the beleif that the world is out to get me....
although consiously i may know this ain't true... however subconsciously...
I find myself feeling this way...
feeling of fight and flight... always having to think ahead to plan my next move in regards to survival...
kinda wierd... but these behaviours and reactions seem to come from this unknown place... my subconcious patterns within

hey... interesting thing you mentioned SallyJane
it was at about the time i started on the trauma module... that i had intense tightness and pain... in my back and ribcage..
when i was at the march Matrix Energetics seminar....
Dr. Richard Bartlett mentioned how we carry trauma in our ribcage area...
I had read this befor so i was aware...
He was going through the different modules for Matrix and did describe this as to what things the module would target..
i beleive i read it in Louis Hayes book, You Can Heal Your Life.
as well as my upper back too... i had to start taking Ibuprofen again,, cuz i could sleep through the night with out it...
since starting this new module i am noticing things...
not exactly what... yes calmer.. and funny not so much ricage action...some upper back tightness.. but seems more the feeling of toxins...
i have becoe acustomed to the different types of things my muscles do.. as well as why and what alleviates it...
when i release tthe pent up emotion i am holding in... it is good..
but man there has been a constant of that... when it is released more shows up...
over all i feel so different then i did5 months ago...
I even went on the fybermyalgia combo of modules cuz i thought it would help with this pain... well apparently it wasn't that... didn't really do much...
i found though i was able to release easier..
when the mental stresses from PTSD are gone or less it would make sense that one is less tense and more relaxed...
instead of always having the stance of something is gonna happen to you when your gard is down...
i am grateful for this place and everyones patience...
it will be interesting to see what this version does for me...
her being in the war... well i think once there they never reallly have left it...
thanks...
Love and Light
Adrienne

[Adrienne]

oh ya..

i wanted to add...
i painted for the first time tonight... in a long time that is.
that creative energy is flowing through me again..
How Sweet is that..
mind you it is an old piece of furniture...
it is totally abstract..
just wanted to share that in regards to being on the trauma mod (rape)
thanks
A

[Kevin]

Adrienne,

for sharing!

You have really opened my eyes to how powerfully these Modules can positively affect a large % of this planet.

I know your continued work will yield more and more positive results.

[Adrienne]

hey

hi,
my pleasure...hehe
i think it is important to share what one has experienced in regards to the trauma modules...
specifically the rape module cuz althought not many are as open as i am with this, i think it is a huge issue...
it is our life force...
we reproduce to keep creating more of us, yet there is so much shame and taboo around sex... and the affects around being violated.. not sure in regards to men...
but as a women and the stereo types and judgements put on us...
our power is taken... and women are very powerful
we all are really..
women and sex seems to be such a no no subject... christ if we want it.. damned if we are allowed to say so and be respected at the same time...
there is so much oppression
and i am not saying to be derogatory about it...
but lets talk about sex... YouTube - Salt N Pepa - Let'S Talk About Sex (The Original)
there is no shame... just in our minds eye... subconscious beleifs.. how we have as women and "victims" been labled.. ( i don't really see us as victims, more that we experienced it)
without further understanding of the root causes.
I think it is such am imporatnt subject too..
Imagine the world full of women who ARE comfortable with their sexuality...
watch out...
I don't even mean in regards to sex but our own personal power... CREATIVE LIFE FORCE
And i am sorry to say i don't know anything in regards to how this affects men...
however i am sure it isn't useful.

LOL... not sure if that was what you were commenting on... but thanks...
and i am thrilled.

PEACE
Adrienne

[Kevin]

I was commenting on how powerful the Module has been for you.

Also it brought to mind how many people have been traumatized by abuse as children, rape, social environs, war etc.

Some have worked through it, most still have it affect their lives on a daily basis in a non-productive manner. This Module can help them.

A simple Google search led me to this shocking page-

Statistics | RAINN | Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network

for opening my eyes!

[Sunshine]

Hi

I am just wondering how long people have been on this module before seeing results? Also, does anyone get stuff brought up from the past with it? And if so, how do you deal with it? For example, if you get feelings of anger and hate how do you process those? And when does it stop? When do you ever finally dig out all the old feelings and patterns? And is there anything you can do to speed it up and get it over with?! I know people bang cushions and write letters and shout and all sorts of things but then they seem to feel better what do you do when you don't feel better but it just goes on?

Any thoughts appreciated.

[Mali]

Sunshine.
When we get these emotions and feelings it is natural to resist them. This resistance does not make them go away. Emotions are energy and enrgy has to move. Resisting stops up the movement and creates a damming effect. Over time a reseroir builds up.

I beleive the best way to handel these emotions when they come up is to allow yourself to experience them as much as possible. They are not "good" or "bad". They are just energy that wish's to finaly move on through. The good news is when we allow them to move without resistance they move quickly, and we will not see them again. There maybe other energy that looks like what has already passed but it is different.

Also remember that your experience of this process is perfect. You can not mess it up or make a mistake. This is your program and you can give yourself an A+ every time.

These are my thoughts. I hope they help.

Love Mark.

http://www.paths-home.com/start/introletter.php

[Inika]

Hi

I am just wondering how long people have been on this module before seeing results? Also, does anyone get stuff brought up from the past with it? And if so, how do you deal with it? For example, if you get feelings of anger and hate how do you process those? And when does it stop? When do you ever finally dig out all the old feelings and patterns? And is there anything you can do to speed it up and get it over with?! I know people bang cushions and write letters and shout and all sorts of things but then they seem to feel better what do you do when you don't feel better but it just goes on?

Any thoughts appreciated.

Hi Sunshine,
I think it is great that you are having these feelings of anger and hate. It means that you are not repressing them and turning them on yourself. I have been taking the Somatic Experiencing training and have found that that work has been incredibly beneficial to me. When we are traumatized it is either too much too fast or not enough and our nervous system that can't handle the overload. Somatic Experiencing works with the nervous system along with the story to slow it all down and break it down to bite-sized chunks that the nervous system can handle. SE works through the body rather than the mind. You can find a practitioner on this web page: Welcome to Foundation for Human Enrichment
I have been using Paths and working with an SE therapist and I see so many wonderful changes in myself! My depression has lifted, I don't want to find the guy and kill him anymore, and my body is more my own. This has happened in one year!! And in finding my healing I can help others find theirs. I haven't tried the Trauma Free module yet because I haven't felt the need to, but the one that has helped me free the victim in me has been the Ho'oponopono module.

Good luck on your journey, may it be rewarding and illuminating!

[Aaron]

Veterans and PTSD

As a note about this module...it was originally developed as a PTSD relief module for veterans of war.

I have been working with a friend closely tied with veterans in hospice and she wants to move into helping non-hospice veterans overcome PTSD.

We're developing protocols that revolve around this module as one of the few modalities in a complete program.

Synchronistically, I met with a close friend the other night and asked about another friend we both know that I haven't seen in a long time. He just happened to have seen him a few nights before that...AND this friend I haven't seen in about 5 years or more has recently started a non-profit specifically for working with veterans to overcome PTSD.

Any of your thoughts and prayers to help move this veterans project along is much appreciated!

[Sunshine]

Hi Mark and Inika

Thanks for your thoughts. I appreciate it. Thank you for saying it's great to have feelings of anger and hate and to not resist them and just let them work themselves through. That's what I'd been thinking. It actually felt ok having these feelings which is good but I don't feel like they're gone because I don't feel "better". I just wish I could get them all out to the suface and have them done with. But I can't make them appear. It's like when you go to a therapist and they ask you to think or feel what's bothering you and rate it on a scale of 1 to 10 and you know it's a 10 but your mind goes blank and you just don't feel anything. I just want to drag all this stuff up by the roots and be done with it once and for all and move on. Also I feel like I need to honour and respect my feelings and just allow them to be but I worry because I also have feelings of frustration and I don't want to get stuck with these because I am allowing them to be and because I don't know how long it takes for the feelings to just disappear.

I had been thinking of the hooponopono but it doesn't feel quite right yet. It's like there's more anger to be released. I just wish I knew how to access it.

Thanks for your thoughts