Mercedes Corona LMFT

Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist (#47786) • Co-host of the Polyvagal Podcast with @JustinLMFT • Amateur Trauma Nerd

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@EricBaileyMMFT Awesome! Thank you so much!

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@EricBaileyMMFT Hi! Thanks for following! Are you a listener of the podcast?

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@DIS_SOS @JustinLMFT That’s where the superpower comes in - your body divided your “self” into smaller, more manageable pieces to be able to function. Bringing them all back to a state where they can reintegrate is an immense task. Not impossible, but definitely not easy.

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@DIS_SOS @JustinLMFT Exactly! That’s the trickiest piece, because your parts can find a way to function individually and separately. Coming together again is the hardest thing to do because your whole being is who experienced the first, original trauma. That’s where the most pain and fear lives.

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From @ArmchairExpPod with @daxshepard, Episode 131 with Tal Ben-Shahar. Amazing! So much wisdom shared in this episode. #happiness #cultivatejoy #selfhealers #traumarecovery

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@DIS_SOS @JustinLMFT ...trying to get a room full of people on the same page, at the same time is definitely a struggle. What it looks like will be each part being ready to share their feelings and memories with the other parts. This will take lots of time, lots of patience, and lots of curiosity. 😉

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@DIS_SOS @JustinLMFT First, I love your curiosity!! Second, that’s the difficulty- willingness before readiness. And it’s true across mental health “disorders”. Wanting to move through it before our bodies are ready to. And I think it must be an extra challenge with DID because...

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@RobertVore Hi! Thanks for the follow! 😊

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@vabostick Thanks for following! 👋🏼😄

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@bsgpr thanks for following! 😄

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@DIS_SOS @JustinLMFT Autism is different because it’s not a defensive response to trauma. Autism is simply a different way of being, like eye color or handedness. Nobody can change it and it doesn’t develop in response to anything. It simply is. (And, yes, it’s a superpower, too!) 😊

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@DIS_SOS @JustinLMFT And when that becomes your default “setting” that’s where you return to over and over again. You weren’t born that way. But it becomes how you “are” or at least how you see yourself as being.

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@DIS_SOS @JustinLMFT DID is a cluster of symptoms that describes a dissociative state a person enters after experiencing unimaginable trauma. PVT explains this as a shut-down response to that trauma. Like Justin said, people can get stuck in defensive states...

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Hey Trauma Nerds... if you’re on Instagram, pop on over for a livestream with @JustinLMFT and I in a few minutes! #polyvagal #trauma #traumanerds #podcast

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@NoelleWarner Woot! 😄

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Hi @NoelleWarner! Thanks for following! 😊 #teamLMFT