Dear Katie:

I googled the book you mentioned, I wanted to read quotes or excerpts from it. The Comfort in “No Comfort Zone” refers to that the absence of Normal before the childhood trauma, and therefore no Normal to return to.

“Now they have to break the connections their brains made”- more like add new connections to the old, strengthening the new connections through practice, building on them, expanding them, and over time all that expansion takes over/ become more powerful than the old connections- a very gradual, slow process leading the CPTSD sufferer to a Comfort Zone, a Normal, for the first time in her life.

Did your daughter ever practice slow, mindful yoga or Tai Chi (a very slow motion form of martial arts)? These physical practices literally slow down that rushing of the brain- that mental/ emotional rushing that leads to (a) getting overwhelmed and withdrawing from any activity that causes stress, and (b) impulsive/ self destructive behaviors.

anita