#write28days of Nervous System Regulation: Day 16 – Lonesome
Welcome to day 16 of #write28days! My topic is Nervous System Regulation and trauma recovery, and today’s focus word in the #write28days community is “lonesome.”
Logically, I know that I am “in Christ” and so therefore never really alone. Not to mention the great cloud of witnesses. But let’s talk for a minute about the heart. All the logic in the world does not make me feel close to God. I have heard this can be due to my attachment trauma, and I believe it. (For a great podcast on this see episode 86 of the podcast The Place We Find Ourselves…and as an aside all the other episodes are great too. š )
With this and the sickness and exhaustion that comes with chronic illness making it difficult to make and keep friends, I know I’m not alone (heh heh) in feeling lonely. I’m going to use today’s topic to share some of the brain retraining programs I have heard of, because most of them contain forums or Facebook groups of the participants. There you can meet people going through the same things you are, and hopefully find some friends of the heart.
The first is Primal Trust. I am in this one currently, and from what I see it is very comprehensive. They have multiple weekly zoom meetings on several topics, a forum where you can ask questions, and Signal app groups of users that discuss the group topics and meet through zoom as well. It is not Christian based and there are a few things that don’t jive with what I believe. They are for the most part tangential to the main program. But there is a concurrent Signal group of Christian Primal Trust members that meet to talk about using the program in a way that works for them. Primal Trust teaches both what they call top down and bottom up brain retraining and trauma resolving practices. (Please see link for explanation.)
I have not used the rest of the programs I am about to list, so I can not speak to their usefulness or contents. I will simply list them. If you know more about them I’d love to hear your experience in the comments!
Limbic System Rewire – they do have a free Facebook group that is a nice introduction (I was in it for awhile), but the main help is in their paid program.
Dynamic Neural Retraining System (DNRS)
Do you know of any other good programs? Please let me know in the comments!
6 thoughts on “#write28days of Nervous System Regulation: Day 16 – Lonesome”
“I know Iām not alone in feeling lonely.” So true. Despite our constant digital connection, I think there’s more lonely people than ever. I’m glad you’ve found a healing community. Thanks for sharing these resources here. They are all new to me.
You’re welcome! I find I feel *less* lonely since I turned off my facebook account, although it took awhile for the addiction to wear off, LOL.
Loneliness is something all of us face from time to time. It takes faith to fight it off. Thank you for this information.
Thank you for your visit and your comment! š
I have lived with chronic migraines most of my adult life, so I am not immune to struggling with loneliness from time to time. I think as I have grown older, I am less lonely. I have a group of women that I have mentored, and they have become my online friends. Mentoring and giving back is always good way to meet people. I am glad we are getting to know one another through our writing here. Blessings. Diana
I am sorry to hear about your migraines, Diana. It has been nice to get to know you as well!