However, it is natural that this attunement cannot last indefinitely. This connection soothes the baby’s immature nervous system. cooing) and calm, engaged non-verbals that let the baby feel seen and safe (eye contact, physical touch). Attunement involves warm, soothing vocal tone of parents (e.g. In healthy parent-child attachment, there is a natural cycle of attunement, misattunement & dysregulation, and repair. Body experiencing is more present and at ease.
Shoulder, neck, jaw, and head muscles can be engaged & upright, yet comfortably relaxed.In this blog article, we address how neuroception is influenced through the attachment process of attunement how complex trauma becomes stored in the body, and expressed with flooding and dissociation in response to PTSD triggers and how to recognize what trauma being released from the body feels like.Īs a quick summary, here are the signs your body is releasing trauma: When this happens consistently, you will begin to see signs your body is releasing trauma. Trauma-informed psychologists understand that in order to fully process and work through responses to trauma, therapy must address the somatic experience of the trauma. Trauma, whether single-episode or complex relational trauma, lives in the body.