Navigating False Alarms
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Companion Slides
When the brain can't tell past from present — how to respond when someone is triggered.
Key Concepts
- The brain literally cannot distinguish past threat from present safety
- Grounding to the present: 'You are here, you are safe, that was then'
- De-escalation through calm presence, not logic
- Minimizing known triggers in environments you control
- Supporting without fixing — the power of being with
Part of
Module 2: How Trauma Shows Up
Recognizing trauma responses in behavior, across ages, in the body, and through a cultural lens.