I’m having trouble staying with the sensations in my body. A lot of fear comes up when I do this. There must be something wrong with me. The start of a disease or a health concern. I suspect this is related to preverbal trauma and just not feeling safe in my body. Do you have any suggestions on how to deal with this?
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I’m having trouble feeling my organs within my own body. They are just a mental concept to me. Through this work, I’m starting to feel the container of my body, but the inside still mostly feels like a vague void. Interestingly, looking at photos of a dissected body signals my brain to body to feel more real and like a hefty bag of meat than it is. Is this A, common, B, cause for concern, C, something that will naturally resolve through this program? Do you have specific guidance regarding the organs?
I’ve seen a rolfer, and there was some good cries, but then the tension increased afterwards.
So lately I’ve been having fear of falling asleep like I could die when asleep. Also, I’m having a jerking awake sensation while nodding off, sometimes up to 30 or more times a night. Would this be sympathetic activation? Any tips to calm myself down to get some sleep?
I have pre-verbal trauma and I’m halfway through SBSM, having started in April and taken my time. I find with every lab I burp excessively during the process and not at any other time. Is this a release of storage survival stress that will resolve on its own, or a coping mechanism? And does it mean that I need to slow down even more with the process?
What are ways to help myself come out of freeze, please? My body has a very strong tendency to freeze without trying to fight or flight first. I’m taking medication for 14 months and psychotherapy for 21 months, and still this pattern is in full swing. I dedicated the whole 13 months being on sick leave to work on my complex trauma. How much longer could this take? Of course, I know it’s individual, but what are rough numbers from your experience
Functional freeze and disconnection from the body makes so much sense. Chronic pain and illness result in a hyper focus on the body and symptoms. How do these two apparently conflicting states happen together?