Emergency

For adults & children

Protect the Alarm-Brain from trauma

At dangerous events, the Alarm-Brain is completely open and sensitive.
The Alarm-Brain remembers both the dangerous events and actions that give us safety.

Emergency for adults

You can help yourself and you can help a person who has been injured, is in shock or has an acute illness - until help arrives.

Play the Audio Emergency for the person.

Tell the person before you start the Audio: Help is on the way. Until then, I'm taking care of you. Now I will play an Audio for you that can help your brain make Endorphin, which is the brain's own pain medication. Endorphin is 20 times stronger than morphine and it has no side effects.

These Audios can also help adults and young people in an emergency situation:

Emergency for children

How to use Thoughtful Audios with a child in an emergency situation:

For children who already know the Thoughtful Stories:

If the child already has a favorite story: That story will be good to use in an emergency situation, because the brain already knows the story and knows which buttons to press in the child's Brain Pharmacy.

If the child does not feel like listening to an Audio, then as an adult you can tell and recall protective images from the story.

If the child does not know about Thoughtful stories, then we have selected some Audios below, which are really good to use.

Protect the Alarm-Brain against trauma

How can we protect the Alarm-Brain?

At dangerous events, the Alarm-Brain is completely open and sensitive. The Alarm-Brain remembers both the dangerous events and actions that recover safety.

If in the first hours after a shocking experience you spend a lot of time thinking about and talking about how terrible it has been, then there is a risk that the experience gets stuck in the Alarm-Brain.

We respond differently to shocking events. That is natural!

Research suggests that 6 simple precautions in the first 6 hours after an emergency event can prevent hypersensitivity in the Alarm-Brain:

1. A safe place

As far as possible, be in a safe place with safe people. Confirm each other that everything is safe again, the danger is over. If you are alone, create safety within yourself. Listen for instance to one or more of the audios here in the Emergency theme, or some of the Stories.

2. Pain treatment

Treatment of pain is very important if one has been injured. It protects the Alarm-Brain. Because pain is a serious danger signal that activates the Alarm-Brain strongly.

3. Talks

It is a good idea to talk about good thoughts and actions that you and others have done to limit the harmful effects of a traumatic event. So the Alarm-Brain becomes aware that what was possible has been done.

For some people, it is also natural to talk about something completely different that may seem insignificant, but it is protective because the Alarm-Brain experiences it as safe and everyday.

4. Do something

Simple practical actions that shift attention to something else so that the Alarm-Brain understands that life goes on.

The risk of repercussions after traumatic events - eventually PTSD, is greatest if you have been paralyzed - did not have opportunity to do anything about the dangerous situation. The Alarm-Brain needs to experience that you do something that restores and reaffirms safety and everyday life again.

5. Soothing touch

Soothing touch from a person you are comfortable with triggers the production of well-being hormones for all cells in the body so that the body experiences safety again.

Note: Be careful! Respect personal boundaries: People have very different boundaries in terms of touch.

6. Sleep

If you sleep within the first 6 hours, then the Alarm-Brain will better remember the awful, because experiences are anchored in our long-term memory while we sleep.

Therefore: As far as possible, do not sleep for the first 6 hours. Avoid sleeping pills, alcohol or other drugs because it dulls the Thinking-Brain so it can not help the Alarm-Brain stay in control and take care of you. After 6 hours, it is important to get some sleep.

A real-life story

Two families were involved in an accident. None of the children or parents were injured. But they had experienced another person's injuries and suffering, so they were naturally shocked. A few days after the accident, they talked to a crisis psychologist. None of the children had symptoms of shock. It turned out that when the families had come home, one of the children had said to the others: Uhh - that was ugly. Let's watch cartoons. The children had then watched cartoons for several hours. That protected them so that the accident did not get stuck in their Alarm-Brains. For them, this was natural healing of a shock.