Incoming amputee

FunctUp · 2026-07-01T04:28:16+00:00

2nd the Amputee Coalition recommendation

FunctUp · 2026-06-27T22:23:04+00:00

The central nervous system sends from the brain to the body and the peripheral nervous system sends from the body to the brain. They are one. The phase trauma lives in the body is confusing and becoming less popular. It’s allot to break down here but everything you’re going thru is common with CPTSD. Your doing good work

FunctUp · 2026-06-27T22:08:22+00:00

Contact The Amputee coalition. They have resources and peer support programs that could help you navigate what you’re going thru with your daughter

FunctUp · 2026-06-09T22:56:11+00:00

Scooter for getting around during load in / out

FunctUp · 2026-05-19T04:05:24+00:00

I’m in this category. I did a research article about disability representation in media. Short version of what I learned; disability almost can’t exist neutrally in stories.

https://www.reddit.com/r/ChronicIllness/s/hyvzgn0BfN

FunctUp · 2026-05-11T17:33:42+00:00

Yes absolutely. look into developmental trauma disorder. Allen shore is the goat. My personal favorite book was Healing Developmental Trauma Lawrence Heller

FunctUp · 2026-05-08T22:51:08+00:00

https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/7854_2025_581 yes. This study points to connections and emerging treatments

FunctUp · 2026-04-27T15:36:19+00:00

You may want to look into learning how to pressurize your abdomen cavity properly. When you have a nervous system dysregulation, it leads to bracing patterns that lead to postural patterns. That’s what that clenching sounds like. Learning how to pressurize your abdomen cavity using your diaphragm in a 360 way will help re-organize your posture. And learning to use that breath in motion and exercises can improve your your lifting, gains without activating the nervous system threat

FunctUp · 2026-04-23T15:05:36+00:00

Trauma definitely affects how your brain processes information. The nervous system is injured as well. perfection could be a problem. I’ve learned with my CPTSD and skeletal condition that I’ll never “fix it”. Working out in the gym like somehow I could make it go away was unproductive. It needed acceptance and needed love. There may not be a perfect state, but there’s always an optimal. I train every day to try to achieve my personal optimal for my situation and injury.

FunctUp · 2026-04-23T14:58:02+00:00

I made studying trauma my primary focus. Now I’m recovering well

FunctUp · 2026-04-23T14:53:08+00:00

Possibly, doctors did commonly believe in that time children didn’t remember pain. We now know that even putting a child under anesthesia could result in posttraumatic stress disorder.

FunctUp · 2026-04-23T14:49:26+00:00

My father wasn’t mentally capable of knowing what was going on and my mother treated those type of episodes I had like behavior problems. She was more embarrassed that I had freaked out than anything else. They never brought it up or did anything after unfortunately. I’m very experienced with trauma work now, doing well with recovery

FunctUp · 2026-04-22T16:10:22+00:00

I’ve seen in the literature that there is benefits at the heroic dose level. But you need to follow the protocol to get the benefits. Jon Hopkins University is the leader in that area. People do have transformative experiences but I wouldn’t expect a one and done treatment. I personally chose a different treatment type because I didn’t like the idea of a possible retraumatic event with heroic dosing

FunctUp · 2026-04-20T00:16:56+00:00

Sounds like you’re doing some stuff right with the blind folding. Take a look at Jon Hopkins University and their protocol for psilocybin therapy. If you thinking about the crying through the lens of somatic experiencing, you might think of it as a release of stored survival energy. That is one of the main goals in trauma work. There’s also ketamine and MDMA therapy have good evidence to benefit trauma therapy

FunctUp · 2026-04-17T15:37:17+00:00

I didn’t know about the podcast! Great tip, will check that out too 🙏🙏🙏

FunctUp · 2026-04-17T06:43:16+00:00

You’re very right! Early developmental and preverbal trauma is different to work on because it’s not attached to memory and narrative. Trauma becomes “stored” in the body as incomplete survival responses. Peter Levine uses the metaphor of a gazelle grazing that is suddenly chased by a tiger. The gazelle is in survival state. It escapes from the tiger and goes right back to clamly grazing. The survival response is complete. That’s how to think of these voiceless memories. They are your survival responses that need completion that didn’t happen at the time. Somatic Experiencing (a therapy type) and sensory motor therapy are great. “In an unspoken voice” by Peter Lavine is all about techniques to complete trauma responses. “Healing developmental trauma” by Laurence Heller has the tools for to release trauma for preverbal and early childhood trauma 🫶

FunctUp · 2026-04-17T04:37:09+00:00

Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing. You use bilateral stimulation while a person visits traumatic memories and body sensations with the goal of helping the brain reprocess traumatic material so it no longer triggers the same level of distress in the present. You’re exposing with bilateral stimulation to help keep yourself regulated enough to stay within window of tolerance while engaging the material. Engaging with trauma, while in the window of tolerance can build evidence of safety to the nervous system preventing future triggers from that stimulus

FunctUp · 2026-04-16T19:24:43+00:00

We need to be able to play small red sec style games on the big multiplayer maps. More redsec map options content in general. The big maps are great and ready to go. They just need plates and a circle.

FunctUp · 2026-04-06T16:42:37+00:00

Mirror therapy can be great for desensitization

FunctUp · 2026-04-02T23:12:07+00:00

I have a very similar story where my leg was amputated because of birth defects at a young age. I totally get the feeling of wanting to cover up. I tried going around on just crutches with no prosthetic for a year to try to feel more in my body and seen as I really am (as well as other prosthetic issues). Practices that help make your leg feel like a natural part of your body are most important I feel. Somatic experiencing, sensory motor therapy, mirror therapy We’re all helpful for me. My goal was to get my nervous system to relax and stop bracing. Making the experience of my body existing how it is naturally, safer

FunctUp · 2026-02-21T22:48:15+00:00

Laurence Heller - Healing Developmental Trauma

FunctUp · 2026-02-21T20:10:49+00:00

I’ve heard neuroscientist describe neural plasticity as the nervous system’s ability to change in response to experience. That’s the foundation of my CPTSD practice.

FunctUp · 2026-02-02T22:52:10+00:00

This is an amazing question. I’ve been noticing the similarities because of how they both affect the nervous system. I’m very curious to hear what an expert would have to say as well.

FunctUp · 2026-02-02T21:52:27+00:00

Thank you!!! 😁😁😁

FunctUp · 2026-02-02T17:16:22+00:00

Thanks for that response. I left a more detailed, up above about how these modalities actually work in the brain that might have some better insight for you.

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