Series 2
Post 7: The Firmware of Feeling
Your emotions are ancient survival programs comprising the firmware of feeling. Seven parallel systems in competition, each its own circuit, with unique triggers and purpose.
Mark Dombeck, Ph.D
Clinical psychologist offering a 'Cosmos for Trauma'—comprehensive exploration of how overwhelming experiences fragment consciousness and how healing restores integration. Drawing on neuroscience, development, and clinical practice.
Series 2
Post 6: The Three-Story Brain
Your brain is modular, comprised of three separate levels that each must separately learn that danger has passed.
Prologue
Post 5: Understanding Trauma Requires Pilgrimage
Wisdom cannot be summarized or downloaded. It can only be earned through the slow work of walking the territory yourself.
Prologue
Post 4: Trauma Fragments the Mind Into Mappable Patterns
Your trauma has a shape. The pattern of what's frozen and what flows is recognizable. And that pattern is your map to healing.
Prologue
Post 3: Trauma Healing Unfolds Through Eight Mechanisms
There is a reliable underlying structure to how healing works. Healing isn't mysterious or magical. It follows principles.
Prologue
Post 2: Trauma is Overwhelm, Not Violence
Research has discovered that trauma isn't fundamentally about violence. It's about overwhelm.
Prologue
Post 1: Every Human Being Is Born Seeking Connection
Trauma fragments consciousness. Fragmentation is comprehensible. Integration is possible. Healing follows principles. Here's how.
