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The Three Brains: Why you think one thing, feel another, and react in a third way
Tomek Maciaszek | Inner Peace — Trauma Therapy | Gdynia & online In short: You're not one voice making one decision. You carry three interconnected systems a thinking brain, a feeling brain, and a survival brain. And under stress, the oldest one usually wins. Understanding this doesn't fix everything overnight. But it explains why insight alone never changes behaviour, and it points toward what actually does. Table of Contents Why does this matter at all? The three brains, on
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Jul 148 min read


Why you repeat the same patterns even when you understand them
Tomek Maciaszek | Inner Peace — Trauma Therapy | Gdynia & online I knew exactly what I was doing. I could see it happening in real time. The same dynamic. The same pull. The same outcome I promised myself I wouldn't repeat. And the worst part wasn't the pattern itself. It was the awareness. Because I understood it. I could name it, trace it back, explain it to someone else in detail. I had read the books. Done the reflection. Sat with it and still nothing changed. That's when
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Jul 87 min read


Is This Trauma? 5 Signs You Shouldn't Ignore
Tomek Maciaszek | Inner Peace — Trauma Therapy | Gdynia & Online For a long time, I thought trauma belonged to other people. To those who had been through something truly serious. An accident. War. Violence. What happened to me that was just a difficult childhood stress and/or life. It took me a long time to understand that trauma isn't defined by the event. It's defined by what happens in the nervous system. And that you can carry trauma from something that, from the outside
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Jul 28 min read


The Window of Tolerance. Why You Sometimes Feel Too Much. And Why Sometimes You Feel Nothing At All
For years, I thought something was wrong with me. I remember nights when the pain was so intense I lay on the floor counting minutes. Cluster headaches. Nineteen years. And somewhere in the back of my mind, a thought kept smouldering: maybe this is my fault. Maybe I'm too sensitive. Maybe I'm just weak. But there was another kind of suffering, quieter, less obvious. One moment I was at the edge of explosion for no clear reason. Heart racing, thoughts spiralling, body tight as
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Jun 289 min read


Why belief alone doesn't heal trauma - and what actually does
Belief feels powerful. But trauma lives in the nervous system, not the mind. Discover why conviction without behavioral change keeps you stuck — and what trauma healing actually requires.
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Jun 188 min read


Morning Body Scan — Returning to the body that learned to protect you
Tomek Maciaszek | Inner Peace — Trauma Therapy | Gdynia & online In short: Most of us start the day somewhere else entirely — already in the phone, already in the list, already in yesterday. This practice is about arriving in yourself first. Ten minutes. Before the world begins. Table of Contents Why the body first? What the body remembers What a body scan actually is Why morning matters The practice — step by step What you might notice How to make it stick FAQ 1. Why the bod
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May 305 min read


Self-Analysis: What your achievements really say about you
Tomek Maciaszek | Inner Peace — Trauma Therapy | Gdynia & online In short: Achievements aren't checkboxes. They're data. Each one — big or small, successful or not — says something specific about who you are and what actually matters to you. The problem is we rarely stop long enough to listen. Table of Contents Why look back at all? Achievements as data about you What about failures? Patterns — what keeps repeating? Achievements and values The traps of self-analysis Exercise:
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May 275 min read


Nervous System Regulation: The complete guide — Why your body reacts before you have time to think
Nervous system regulation — what it is, how to recognise your state, polyvagal theory and the window of tolerance. A complete guide with regulation techniques from immediate to long-term.
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May 259 min read


PTSD and C-PTSD — What's the difference, How to recognise them, and what healing looks like
Tomek Maciaszek | Inner Peace — Trauma Therapy | Gdynia & online PTSD and C-PTSD sound similar, but they are two completely different experiences. Different causes, different symptoms, different therapeutic approaches. If you feel like "something is wrong" but can't quite name it — this article may help you understand your reactions and see that what you're feeling makes sense. Table of Contents How Do You Know It Might Be PTSD or C-PTSD? Comparison Table: PTSD vs C-PTSD PTSD
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May 2111 min read


Childhood Trauma: Effects in adult life and the Path to Healing
Tomek Maciaszek | Inner Peace — Trauma Therapy | Gdynia & online Childhood trauma doesn't announce itself with a name tag. It doesn't always show up as a memory you can point to and say — that, that was the moment. More often, it arrives quietly: in the way you flinch when someone raises their voice, in the relationships that keep going wrong in the same way, in the gnawing feeling that no matter what you achieve, you still don't quite believe you deserve it. I've sat with ma
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May 2014 min read


The Parts Within Us: Understanding your inner world through IFS and Parts work
Tomek Maciaszek | Inner Peace — Trauma Therapy | Gdynia & online For a while I thought that what was in me — the anger, the fear, the critical voice that never lets up — was just me. That's how I am. That's who I am. And then I understood that it's not "me" — it's parts of me. Shaped in specific conditions, at a specific time, for a specific reason. Doing what they knew how to do so I could survive. That doesn't sound like a big discovery. But it changes everything about how
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Jan 6, 202510 min read


Emotions: The complete guide to understanding what you feel and why
Each emotion carries an impulse which directly or indirectly affects various organs. Joy quickens the circulation and stimulates the brain
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Jul 17, 20249 min read


Inner Peace Techniques: Why we need them, How they work, and How to start today?
techniques for inner peace. "Be not ashamed to be helped" M. Aurelius
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Jul 16, 20248 min read


Psychosomatic troubles of our life
Men imagine that thought can be kept secret, but it cannot, it rapidly crystallizes into habit, and habit solidifies into circumstance.
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Jul 14, 202417 min read


Do you recall your favourite people and best experiences? A Self-Analysis exercise
Tomek Maciaszek | Inner Peace — Trauma Therapy | Gdynia & online Understanding what has shaped you positively is as important as understanding what has hurt you. This guided exercise uses your best memories — the people and experiences that made you who you are — as a doorway into deeper self-knowledge. Table of Contents Why Start with the Positive? The Problem with Self-Analysis How Memory Shapes Identity Exercise Part 1: People Who Have Influenced You Exercise Part 2: Exper
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Jul 13, 20247 min read


Self-Analysis: The Complete Guide to Self-Knowledge — Who Are You, Really?
Start a journey to self-analysis by looking after your likes. Questionnaire with example answers available.
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Jul 10, 202415 min read


How we think and how trauma affects it — A complete guide to the Mind
Tomek Maciaszek | Inner Peace — Trauma Therapy | Gdynia & online We all think differently — but there is a shared pattern by which we can recognise what's happening in the mind. Our thoughts divide into conscious and unconscious, controlled and uncontrolled. Trauma disrupts this system more deeply than anything else — and understanding how we think is the first step to understanding why we react the way we do. Table of Contents The Map of the Mind — How Our Thoughts Are Organ
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Jul 8, 202413 min read


Too Much on Your Mind? Write. The Complete Guide to Expressive Writing and Emotional Journaling
When you feel that your emotions are running your life. When you feel that your body is tense. When you feel that your thoughts are difficult to control. Write. Writing about your emotions is one of the most thoroughly researched methods of nervous system regulation. It works not because you're "getting things off your chest" — it works because it forces the brain to process and integrate what the body is carrying. This article explains the science, shows you how to start, an
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Jul 6, 202415 min read


Mindfulness: The Complete Guide to the Practice That Changes the Brain
Tomek Maciaszek | Inner Peace — Trauma Therapy | Gdynia & online Mindfulness is not a trend or a relaxation technique. It's a scientifically documented practice that literally changes brain structure, regulates the nervous system, and is one of the most effective tools in working with trauma, anxiety, and chronic stress. This guide explains how, why, and where to begin. Table of Contents What Mindfulness Actually Is The Science — What Happens in the Brain During Practice Mind
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Jul 6, 202411 min read
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