Brad Schipke argues that brief, informal moments of noticing triggers and releasing emotions throughout the day, called micro processing, speed PTSD recovery. These small releases prevent emotional buildup and work alongside formal therapy sessions to fuel healing faster.
Most people think that they need to do these big processing sessions in order to fully heal their PTSD. And while that might be true, you do need to have those processing sessions to fully heal. I don't want you to only rely on those processing sessions. I also want you thinking about and asking yourself, how can I release and relax and let go of this emotion and this trauma throughout my day? Because as you live your life, certain triggers are going to happen and certain things are going to disrupt your emotions. And when that happens, you can either suppress those or you can quietly release those. From your body. And it doesn't mean you're breaking down. It doesn't mean you're losing control in public. It just means you are letting go, relaxing into it throughout the day. And if you do this, you're going to get even more out of your recovery, going to move that much faster. And then those processing sessions that you should be doing every single day to process your trauma is just going to throw even more fuel on the fire.
