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Lay Your Ghosts to Rest: a guide to understanding trauma and the mind body connection
Unprocessed, trauma is timeless and boundaryless. It haunts our present through unconscious re-enactments of past pain. These ghosts can show up in different ways, often as physical feelings of anxiety, thoughts of shame, failure, imposter syndrome, unhealthy relationships and emotional overwhelm.
But where trauma causes devastating effects on the mind body system, that act like haunting ghosts, psychotherapy can calm the mind and body, laying the ghosts to rest.
Whilst this guide is not therapy, I hope it will give you some foundations for understanding what it means to be human and that mental health is not "all in the mind".
If you’re in crisis, experiencing mental health problems or are supporting someone, these services can help
Samaritans
Provides confidential, non-judgemental emotional support for people experiencing feelings of distress or despair, including those that could lead to suicide.
Telephone: 116 123 (24 hours a day, free to call)
Email: jo@samaritans.org
Mind Infoline
Provides information on types of mental health problems, where to get help, drug treatments, alternative therapies and advocacy.
Telephone: 0300 123 3393 (9am-6pm Mon-Fri) Text: 86463
Email: info@mind.org.uk
Rethink Mental Illness Advice Line
Provides expert advice and information to people with mental health problems, those who care for them, as well as health professionals, employers and staff.
Telephone: 0300 5000 927 (Mon-Fri)
Email: advice@rethink.org
NHS IAPT Services
If you're based in England, you can find and refer yourself to mental health services in your area. You can also get a referral from your GP. These will usually be CBT (Cognitive Behavioural Therapy) and there may be long waiting lists.
SHOUT
Shout is the UK’s first 24/7 text service, free on all major mobile networks, for anyone in crisis anytime, anywhere. It’s a place to go if you’re struggling to cope and you need immediate help.
Text: 85258
Carers
If you're a carer needing support you can contact all of the above as well as Carers Direct and the Carers Trust, both of whom are able to provide support and advice.
Rethink have put together this useful information about how to support someone in crisis.