Beyond the Headlines: Navigating Trauma in Times of Conflict
The world is watching a crisis unfold — and your nervous system is feeling it, whether you realize it or not. 🕊️
In this episode of Elisha's Space, we go beyond the headlines to explore the real mental health impact of global conflict — including the ongoing crisis surrounding Iran — and what it's doing to individuals, families, and communities worldwide.
Elisha — counselor, author, and founder of Restoring You Christian Counseling — brings both clinical insight and spiritual wisdom to a topic most people don't know how to hold.
In this episode:
✔ What collective trauma and vicarious traumatization actually look like in your body
✔ Why doom scrolling is a trauma response — not a character flaw
✔ The R.E.S.T. Framework applied to global conflict (Regulate, Experience, Surrender, Trust)
✔ How to set healthy limits with news media without feeling guilty
✔ A word for those directly affected — and those carrying others
📖 "How long, O Lord? Will you forget me forever?" — Psalm 13
If you're struggling, you are not alone.
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💬 The challenge: Choose ONE regulation practice from today and do it for 7 days. Drop it in the comments below — I read every one.
00:00 Why You Feel It
01:27 A Breath To Ground
02:14 How News Becomes Trauma
04:50 Faith Questions And Lament
06:56 REST Framework Tools
07:24 Regulate Your Nervous System
08:27 Experience With Somatic Honesty
09:03 Surrender Through Connection
09:58 Trust And Anchor Statements
10:44 Healthy News Boundaries
12:37 Support For Those Directly Affected
14:05 Seven Day Regulation Challenge
14:31 Prayer And Closing
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