Curiosity Before Conclusion: Understanding High-Functioning Trauma with Sally-Anne Haug

What happens when someone understands their trauma completely, can name their attachment style and their triggers, and still responds the exact same way?Sally-Anne Haug is an EMDRIA Approved Consultant and Certified EMDR Therapist specializing in trauma, attachment wounds, and emotionally abusive relationships. She has a particular interest in high-functioning trauma, people who look fine on the outside while carrying anxiety, perfectionism, or people-pleasing underneath. Her own life has included epilepsy, hospitalization for suicidal ideation, and having her academic potential dismissed by people who knew nothing about what she was carrying.In this episode, Sally-Anne explains why insight and change are not the same thing, what she means by "the alarm isn't always the fire," and why she believes curiosity, not judgment, is the real starting point for healing. She also opens up about her own experience with her mother, and what it taught her about legitimate needs that sometimes can't be met by the person we most want to meet them.What We Talked About:Why understanding trauma doesn't automatically change behaviorWhat high-functioning trauma actually looks like"The alarm isn't always the fire"Recovering from narcissistic and emotionally abusive relationshipsHer personal experience with epilepsy, stigma, and her own motherSafety before strategy in EMDR therapyConnect with Sally-Anne Haug:Website: mentalblocks.net