Tag: insight vs integration

• Why Knowing Why Doesn’t Help Trauma

  

  Insight alone can’t heal trauma. When betrayal or chronic stress strikes, the survival brain overrides logic, leaving talk therapy and endless analysis ineffective. This post explains why the “talking cure” falls short, how the body holds trauma, and what it really takes—regulation, safety, and brain‑based transformation—for genuine healing to begin.

  Liana West

  January 13, 2026

  Anxiety, Betrayal Trauma, Conflict, Iatrogenic Injury, Neuroscience, OEI Therapy for Trauma, Pain, Relationship Trauma, Superconscious Mind, Trauma, Workplace Trauma

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