The Angry Viking Therapist™ and The NeuroTrauma Project

Why You Feel Broken—And Why You’re Not

Trauma is not a character flaw. It’s a nervous system response. But it doesn’t get the final say.

🧠 What Trauma Does to the Brain

  • Amygdala: Hyper-alert and overreactive, keeping you in constant survival mode
  • Hippocampus: Stores trauma in fragmented, disorganized ways—leading to flashbacks
  • Prefrontal Cortex: Reduced logic, focus, and emotional control
  • Default Mode Network: Keeps replaying the trauma, even years later

💥 What Trauma Does to the Body

  • Chronic inflammation and immune dysregulation
  • Disrupted sleep and constant exhaustion
  • Muscle tension, joint pain, and digestive issues
  • Instant fight, flight, or freeze reactions to seemingly small triggers

⚙️ When EMDR Is the Right Tool

Your nervous system doesn’t speak English. It speaks survival.

If your body still reacts like the trauma is happening now—not then—we use EMDR to finish the loop.
But EMDR is not where we begin.

We start by finding the beliefs trauma installed. The ones that still control your reactions, identity, and worth.
We destroy those beliefs with REBT and PPCI.

EMDR only enters the picture when your nervous system is stuck in a memory loop so deep, logic can’t reach it.
And even then—we don’t stop with calm. We finish with truth.

  • Finishes incomplete trauma loops
  • Interrupts nervous system reactivity
  • Clears the path for real cognitive change—not just relief

💪 Your Recovery Plan

We don’t do soft therapy. We do neurological warfare on the trauma that’s running your life.

If you’re stuck in belief loops—EMDR won’t save you. We strike those beliefs first. We reprogram them with logic, structure, and action.

And if your body still thinks the war is happening? Then we use EMDR—like a scalpel, not a blanket.