What is your window of tolerance and why you must understand it to heal your trauma
By Orit Krug | November 6th, 2019
If you want to heal your trauma, you have to understand your window of tolerance.
When we’re in our window of tolerance (WOT), we’re in a very calm, cool and collected space.
In our window of tolerance, the things that usually trigger us don’t even faze us. We’re just really chill and relax. Everything is good.
You’ve probably experienced this in one of your favorite places in the world. Maybe on a white sand beach, staring at crystal clear waters on a partly sunny day with a nice breeze. Or kayaking on a very peaceful calm lake beneath the mountains.
Think back to that time where you’ve felt that totally peaceful state, because that’s when you’ve been in your window of tolerance.
Trauma makes our window of tolerance very small and hard to access.
A small window means you’ll get quickly and easily pushed out of a state of calm from the subtlest triggers. Especially triggers that remind your body and nervous system of your past trauma.
When you’re pushed OVER your window, your nervous system gets kicked up into a fight or flight response.
Alternatively, you can get pushed down into a freeze or shut down response.
To heal your trauma, you must expand your window of tolerance.
A greater WOT means that the things that used to trigger you don’t bother you anymore. You can tolerate what was once too scary to even THINK about resolving or confronting from the past.
Rewiring your nervous system and expanding your window FIRST is the only safe way to heal trauma without your body going back into survival responses as you access your trauma. Otherwise, your trauma patterns would just repeat even as you’re trying to release it.
To heal your trauma, you must expand your window of tolerance.
A greater WOT means that the things that used to trigger you don’t bother you anymore. You can tolerate what was once too scary to even THINK about resolving or confronting from the past.
Rewiring your nervous system and expanding your window FIRST is the only safe way to heal trauma without your body going back into survival responses as you access your trauma. Otherwise, your trauma patterns would just repeat even as you’re trying to release it.
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