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PACE System And How It Can Help With Trauma #addictionrecovery #gettingsober #sobercurious

26 Sept 2025 · 1 min

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This content was created by Amber Hollingsworth. This content was uploaded by Amber Hollingsworth. This is a YouTube video titled "PACE System And How It Can Help With Trauma #addictionrecovery #gettingsober #sobercurious" (published 2025-09-26). The excerpt is an instructional monologue by Amber Hollingsworth explaining the PACE system for managing physiological stress responses and improving communication in the context of trauma and addiction/recovery; it specifically covers the first step, P for "Pause," advising to pause when you notice bodily signs of being keyed up so you can communicate more effectively. Content type: YOUTUBE; single-speaker educational segment.

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I'll tell you about the PACE system. It's easy to remember and it's an acronym. So the P, when you feel physiologically in your body, all those things that we just talked about, like you're getting tight, you're getting yourself worked up, maybe your loved one's not even home yet and you're thinking, oh, I'm going to tell him this, I'm going to say this, and you're like getting all keyed up, that is your moment when you feel those physical symptoms, you're having those thoughts to First, start with P, which is pause. Okay? If you are in that state, you're not going to be able to be effective at any kind of communication with your loved one about it. Nothing. You may have the instinct to deal with this right now, to call it out right now, to present your evidence, whatever it is, but you're not going to do a good job of it. And I'm not just saying that because it's not going to be pleasant for the other person. I'm saying it because it's not going to be pleasant for you and you're not going to be able to do a very good job of getting your need met because you're going to be in that adrenaline fear-based state.