2024-09-09
51 分钟For highly sensitive people (HSPs), the intensity of the world often feels magnified. Their heightened sensitivity makes them highly empathetic and deeply attuned to others' emotions. This allows them to form meaningful, compassionate connections. However, it can also lead to overwhelm. Everyday stimuli—like sounds, touch, smells, textures, and colors—can be particularly dysregulating for HSPs. This is why understanding where we fall on the sensitivity spectrum is crucial. By recognizing how we process sensory input, we can learn to regulate our experiences and harness our gifts, rather than suppressing them for the sake of coping. In today’s episode, hosts Elisabeth and Jennifer discuss the subjectivity of sensory experiences—how they're shaped, how they influence our overall health, and why two people can experience the same environment very differently. They also introduce NSI tools, which help manage overwhelm when sensory input becomes too intense. Finally, Elisabeth and Jennifer explore the behaviors that arise from sensory mismatches, and how high sensitivity influences these responses. While high sensitivity may feel both like a gift and a curse, at Trauma Rewired, we believe it can be transformed into a powerful asset. With NSI tools, anyone can expand their capacity for life and share their unique gifts with the world—free from shame or discomfort. Tune in to learn more about how you can harness your sensitivity and live more fully. Topics discussed in this episode: How our sensory experience impacts our overall health What is sensory processing disorder? Different ways we try and regulate sensory inputs What is a highly sensitive person? Is it possible to change your sensitivity level? How sensory information is processed in the brain Why it’s important to train the interoceptive system for accuracy and awareness Sensitivity is an evolutionarily selective trait and an adaptation to trauma What are behavioral activation and inhibition systems? Our subjective sensory experiences How to work with our nervous systems to harness our sensitivity Contact us about private Rewire Neuro-Somatic Coaching: https://brainbased-wellness.com/rewire-private-neuro-somatic-coaching/ Learn more about the Neuro-Somatic Intelligence Coaching program and sign up for the fall cohort now! https://www.neurosomaticintelligence.com Get started training your nervous system with our FREE 2-week offer on the Brain Based Membership site: https://www.rewiretrial.com Connect with us on social media: @trauma.rewired Join the Trauma Rewired Facebook Group! https://www.facebook.com/groups/761101225132846 FREE 1 Year Supply of Vitamin D + 5 Travel Packs from Athletic Greens when you use my exclusive offer: https://www.drinkag1.com/rewired This episode was produced by Podcast Boutique https://www.podcastboutique.com Trauma Rewired podcast is intended to educate and inform but does not constitute medical, psychological or other professional advice or services. Always consult a qualified medical professional about your specific circumstances before making any decisions based on what you hear. We share our experiences, explore trauma, physical reactions, mental health and disease. If you become distressed by our content, please stop listening and seek professional support when needed. Do not continue to listen if the conversations are having a negative impact on your health and well-being. If you or someone you know is struggling with their mental health, or in mental health crisis and you are in the United States you can 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline. If someone’s life is in danger, immediately call 911. We do our best to stay current in research, but older episodes are always available. We don’t warrant or guarantee that this podcast contains complete, accurate or up-to-date information. It’s very important to talk to a medica
It is said that the senses can be the gateway to the soul, and I take that quite literally.
Sight, sound, touch, smell correspond either to our mental health or mental distress, depending on our sensitivities.
And at the core of our being is our genes, our biology, our childhood experiences, but also our sensory makeup.
That is how our nervous system responds to and interacts with our sensory world, what delights us and what repels us.
And over time, throughout our lives, these components interact, producing layers of emotions and resulting behaviors.
That's a quote from Genera Nuremberg in the book Divergent mind.
And that is what we are diving into today, the sensory experience and how that impacts mental, physical health and emotional health.
And I'm really excited because this really is the crux of NSI.
Welcome to Trauma Rewired, the podcast that teaches you about your nervous system, how trauma lives in the body, and what you can do to heal.
I'm your co host, Elizabeth Christoph.
I'm the founder of brainbase.com, an online community where we focus on nervous system health and resilience.
And I'm also the founder of Neurosematic Intelligence coaching certification.
And I'm your co host, Jennifer Wallace.
I'm a neurosomatic psychedelic preparation and integration guide, and I bring your nervous system into your plant healing spaces so that you can receive and download messages in your body safely from your peak somatic experience.
And I'm also one of the educators at the Neurosomatic Intelligence coaching certification.
And so welcome to this exploration today of sensory processing.
Yeah, this is a really big one.
As I was researching and reading about highly sensitive person and sensory processing disorder, and I just love that quote in the beginning, because when we're talking about the sensory experience, like, we're not just talking about touch and smell and wanting nice sensations like we are sentient beings, that means we're alive and we can feel and perceive things, and we're always reacting to those things.
So everything we experience, like everything, is because of sensory inputs.
And that's the NSI framework.