Those with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder experience certain smells as one of the triggers they subsequently deal with and hopefully avoid, or learn to reprogram their unwelcome reactions to. This can be a challenge without treatments like hypnotherapy, and depending on the circumstance this can feel like an unreasonable request. This is useful information however, because we can then also understand how specific aromas from Certified Pure Therapeutic Grade® essential oils can alternately induce a soothing, pleasurable and healing emotional and physiological response.

The limbic lobe is known to be our primal brain and emotional control center. This is the part of our brain that takes control when subjected to any significant threat or trauma. Did you know the only one of our five primary senses that links to the limbic system (via the olfactory bulb) is the sense of smell?

Nelson Meggitt, Optimum Wellness Factor
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