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Somatic Series Unit 3, Ch.16: Glimmers

QueeringPsychology
January 26, 2026
Glimmers are the small moments that help the nervous system feel safe. Learn how glimmers differ from triggers and why they matter in trauma and somatic therapy.....

Somatic Series Unit 3, Ch. 15 – Repairing Misunderstandings and Relationship Conflict from a Somatic POV (Biological Rudeness)

QueeringPsychology
August 2, 2025
Have you ever been in a fight where you realize in hindsight or maybe even during that this shouldn't have gotten to this point? You might have even wondered, "How did I/we even get here?" or "Why are we even fighting?" Maybe even sitcom levels of misunderstanding. If this sounds....

Somatic Series Unit 3, Ch. 14 – Triggers 101

QueeringPsychology
April 16, 2025
The way the word "trigger" has been intentionally used incorrectly for political gain has caused so much confusion. Being triggered is not someone upsetting you or making you angry or insecure. Being triggered is not about scoring debate points. So what are triggers then?....

Somatic Series Unit 3, Ch. 13 – Trauma from a Somatic POV

QueeringPsychology
December 30, 2024
So what do we call it when the stress of the situation is so much that it even overwhelms your fight/flight, freeze, AND fawn survival responses? That's trauma. Trauma is the complete overpowering of our capacity/ability to handle stress. It's a level of stress that completely overwhelms the autonomic nervous....

Somatic Series Unit 3, Ch. 12 – Danger, Fear, Anxiety and the ANS – An Overview

QueeringPsychology
September 17, 2024
One way to tell fear and anxiety apart is asking yourself, "Is the thing/situation I'm scared of happening to me right now or is this something that will/might/possibly happen in the future?"....

Somatic Series Unit 2, Ch. 11 – Learning and Mapping your Nervous System with the Notice and Name Exercise

QueeringPsychology
July 22, 2024
Learning and naming your physical sensations (and where they are in your body) starts to change how you see your body and how you respond to your body’s reactions. It becomes easier to separate how you feel in a particular moment from any, usually harsh, judgments you might carry about....

Somatic Series Unit 2, Ch.10: The Body Scan

QueeringPsychology
May 25, 2024
When doing a body scan, it's important to pay attention to physical sensations in your body - how they feel and where you feel them. Like I've said before, those physical sensations are the roots of your emotions and behaviors.....

Somatic Series Unit 2, Ch.9: Grounding [+ Demonstration Video Transcription]

QueeringPsychology
March 6, 2024
When you are in fight/flight, in shutdown, or any of the survival mode responses, your whole brain and body is focused on surviving the danger, whatever it is. That's useful in the short-term, but by now, you know that we can't stay in survival mode forever. Even though it’s how....

Somatic Series Unit 2, Ch.8: Intro to Somatic Exercises for Learning & Mapping the Autonomic Nervous System

QueeringPsychology
December 31, 2023
Unit 2 will focus on mapping out your autonomic nervous system and using specific somatic exercises to learn how your ANS works. My plan for this Unit is to show y’all a few intro somatic exercises, specifically Grounding, Body Scan/Check-in, and Notice and Name.....

Somatic Series Ch. 7: Moving Thru Your Nervous System Using the NYC Subway Map [VIDEO & TRANSCRIPTION]

QueeringPsychology
November 4, 2023

Welcome back to the somatic series! This next chapter focuses on how our bodies move from 1 state/part of the autonomic nervous system to another. How we move from ventral vagus to fight/flight to dorsal vagal shutdown. I’m using the NYC subway map to show how this works naturally and....

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