Author: lisaw2021
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Animated AI Images of Emotional Threats that can Trigger a State-change into Defensive Modes
In my previous post, I shared a group of images I made with the WordPress AI image generator that showed a stick figure successfully escaping a physical threat. A tiger was chasing the stick figure, the stick figure hid behind a tree until the tiger was gone, and then the stick figure ran to safety.…
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Animated AI Images for Fight/Flight Freeze, the Squiggle of Trauma and the Squiggle of Life, and resolving a physical threat of being chased by a tiger by successfully escaping
I want to pick up where I left off in my previous post about the Polyvagal Theory that had 3 pictures in it for Safety, Fight/Flight, and Freeze. Those pictures helped me see that what is going on is an interaction between your nervous system and your environment…when your nervous system senses something that signals…
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“The Potter and the Clay” by Mrs. Thomas R. Davies; Imagery about the importance of remaining mold-able in God’s hands
Hymnal Page Scan: Great Joy!: a new and favorite collection of hymns and music, for gospel meetings, prayer, temperance, and camp meetings, and Sunday schools page 63 | Hymnary.org Keyboard Recording: 1 As clay in the hands of the potter,Am I in Thy hands, oh my God;If on life’s highway I falter,And faint ‘neath Thy…
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Polyvagal Theory: Images for Fight/Flight, Freeze, and an Overwrought Nervous System
The other day I was drawing a chart to try and get clarity about what it means to go from the Squiggle of Trauma to the Squiggle of Life. I also read this article: “The polyvagal theory: New insights into adaptive reactions of the autonomic nervous system” by Stephen Porges and something clicked with me…
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“The Nearer the Sweeter” by Jessie P. Tompkins
Hymnal Page Scan: Hymns of the Faith p.248 Hymnary.org Keyboard Recording: 1 The nearer I reach the end of life,The sweeter is Home to me;I long for the fragrant flow’rs that growOn the banks of the Crystal Sea. Chorus:Home, Home, Heavenly Home,Fair are my dreams of thee;The nearer I reach the end of time,The sweeter…
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“Fly Up to the Sunshine” by G. E. Wright; Notes on Commentaries on Romans 8:28 and Proverbs 3:5-8; Imagery of God’s Providence as complex machinery
Hymnal Page Scan: The Gospel Call p.95 Hymnary.org Keyboard Recording: 1 When your heart is faint and weary,And the clouds obscure the sky,And dark shades begin to gather o’er your soul;Let the Savior lift you upward,With His help He’s always nigh,For upon Him all your burdens you may roll. Chorus:Fly up to the sunshine!Fly up…
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“We Bear the Strain of Earthly Care” by Ozora Stearns Davis
Hymnal Page Scan: We Bear the Strain of Earthly Care Hymnary.org Keyboard Recording: 1 We bear the strain of earthly care,But bear it not alone;Beside us walks our Brother ChristAnd makes our task His own. 2 Through din of market, whirl of wheels,And thrust of driving trade,We follow where the Master leads,Serene and unafraid. 3…
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Learning about what the freeze state is and how to get out of it; Polyvagal Chart
(This is an AI generated image that I will explain at the end of this post.) I had a breakthrough this week about being able to see what the freeze state is and how to get out of it. I have written about how I am stuck in a state of immobility. This is a…
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Children’s Hymn: “Sail, Little Ships” by Lizzie DeArmond
Hymnal Page Scan: Sail, Little Ships Hymnary.org Keyboard Recording: 1 Sail, little ships on the tossing waves,Over life’s sea so wide;Follow your compass, the Bible true,Ever a faithful guide. Chorus:Sail, sail, sail little ships,Fear not the rolling waves beating so high;Sail, sail, sail little ships,You’ll gain the harbor of heav’n by and by. 2 Sail,…
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Children’s Hymn: “A Song of Life” by Margaret C. Brown; Imagery for grounding exercises
Hymnal Page Scan: A Song of Life Hymnary.org Keyboard Recording: 1 In the clear, cool waterLittle fishes swim,Darting now in sunshine,Now in shadows dim;Under rocks they’re hiding,Merrily at play:—God, who made them, loves them,Cares for them alway;God, who made them, loves them,Cares for them alway. 2 In the little gardenSeeds begin to grow,Upward crowd the…
