02/13/2026
Have you ever replayed a moment over and over, wishing you could stop, but your mind won’t let go?
That experience may be a shame spiral.
A shame spiral isn’t weakness or overreacting. It’s often your nervous system trying to protect you through fear-based overthinking.
In my newest blog, I break down:
✔️ what a shame spiral is
✔️ what’s happening in the brain
✔️ why shame feels so powerful
✔️ how Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy (KAP) may help loosen rigid thought loops and support healing
You are not broken. Your brain learned to survive.
📖 Read the full blog here: https://www.pivotintegrativehealth.com/post/breaking-the-shame-spiral-understanding-fear-based-rumination-how-ketamine-assisted-psychotherap
A shame spiral can feel like a downward loop you can’t think your way out of. The more you replay what happened, the more your nervous system treats it like danger, and the cycle reinforces itself. But healing has a pattern too. When we learn to pause, regulate the body, and shift the story we tel...