Guaranteed Tips On How To Heal From Trauma

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Remarkable healing comes from finding what works best for you.

How do I heal from trauma my way?

Before you read the following, it’s incredibly important to understand that to heal from traumatic stress reactions are normal reactions to abnormal circumstances.1

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  • Rosabeth Mooon was created because of the inaccessibility to healing resources that come without judgment.
  • Our director, Mikayla Rosabeth, has healed her trauma alongside her Major Depressive Disorder, Eating Disorder, Anxiety Disorder, and PTSD using these tips shared here with you.

Guaranteed Tips On How To Heal From Trauma:

  1. Begin by asking yourself who you are.
  2. Establish your feelings about the world. What you enjoy, dislike, are afraid of, make you happy, and what (if any) you’ve tried to heal that hasn’t worked before.
  3. Identify habits that hurt or heal your trauma.
  4. Figure out if your trauma needs a grounding practice, an energy practice, or a mix.

Begin by asking yourself who you are.

Establish your name, your location, your core memories, your triggers, and your disorders, if any.

Why does this heal trauma?

  • Scientifically speaking, writing who you are improves cognitive processing. It helps form new neural pathways and connections to help the brain during the healing process. 2
  • Spiritually speaking, identifying who you are in this existence is a critical part of healing. Due to this, you become aware of the path that would best serve your needs, avoid triggers, and keep a log of the journey’s beginning. A needed part throughout your healing process.

Establish your feelings about the world.

What you enjoy, dislike, are afraid of, make you happy, and what (if any) you’ve tried to heal that hasn’t worked before.

Why does this help heal trauma?

  • Scientifically speaking, when you put your feelings (likes dislikes, etc) into words, your amygdala response decreases when you experience upsetting things. 3 Meaning, over time you become less stressed and able to handle experiences that are triggering.
  • Spiritually, understanding your emotions helps you find purpose in the path you choose to heal. It helps bring awareness to your actions and become awake within your consciousness.

Identify habits that hurt or heal your trauma.

EX: For me, a habit that hurt my trauma was doom scrolling. I would scroll on social media and watch videos that hurt my trauma through consistent reminders of the trauma I went through. I would scroll until my thumbs and eyes hurt, doom scrolling triggers my trauma.

What does this help?

  • Scientifically speaking, addressing the trauma and habits perpetuating the trauma reduces how the triggers impact you when they arise. 4
  • Spiritually speaking, you identify habits that don’t serve you in this life.

Figure out if your trauma needs a grounding practice, an energy practice, or a mix.

Grounding practices are needed for the trauma that causes symptoms of disassociation, unfocusedness, difficulty connecting to the five senses, stress, trouble sleeping, and/or strain to feel connected to your surroundings.

Energy practices are needed for the trauma that causes symptoms of discombobulation, mind fog, body aches, low sex drive, difficulty in creative drive, trouble with food and eating, and problems connecting to self and mind.

Energy Practices Examples to heal:

  1. Acupuncture
  2. Reiki
  3. Chakra Healing
  4. Sound healing
  5. Shamanic Healing
  6. Meditation
  7. EFT Tapping

Grounding Practices Examples to heal:

  1. TRE Exercises
  2. Earthing
  3. Ice baths
  4. Going outside
  5. Breathwork
  6. 5 senses meditation
  7. Aromatherapy
  8. Go for a run/jog/walk
  9. Shake your body like a dog

Once you’ve answered the questions, then what?

Go through the practices mentioned under the “Grounding Practices Examples” and “Energy Practices Examples”. Choose 1-3 items from the list that match what you enjoy doing. Then, give them a try!

  • The idea is to understand who you are, what your feelings are, and choose your own path to heal your trauma, in a unique way that works for you!

Thank you for reading! We hope this helps you feel better in your path. <3

Let us know what else you’d like to know to help you in your healing path below!

  1. Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (US). (Ed.). (n.d.). Trauma-informed care in Behavioral Health Services. National Center for Biotechnology Information. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24901203/
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  2. The brain benefits of Creative Writing – Life Enrichment Center. Life Enrichment Center. Org. (n.d.). https://lectampa.org/the-brain-benefits-of-creative-writing/
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  3. Ravenscraft, E. (2020, April 3). Why talking about our problems helps so much (and how to do it). The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/03/smarter-living/talking-out-problems.html#:~:text=Research%20from%20U.C.L.A.,over%20something%20that%20bothers%20you.
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  4. Porter, S. (n.d.). Trauma triggers: How to identify & deal with them. Choosing Therapy. https://www.choosingtherapy.com/trauma-triggers/
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