I never saw myself as having anxiety, but I’ve been feeling into it a lot lately with much shaking and teeth chattering. The shaking just keeps going unless I stop. Maybe too much of this is overwhelm and trigger, and it led to being sent to A&E with a very high blood pressure.” I assume A&E is a name for emergency. “Seven hours there crammed amongst lots of spluttering children led to horrendous flu, and now my blood pressure is perfectly normal, but heart rate still high. Not been ill like this in a decade. It’s been agonizing. Feels like endurance and suffering are inevitable and relentless.
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I hear often, through this work, the term re-traumatization and every time I hear it I get scared. What if I’m doing something wrong? And doing more bad than good? I think there isn’t enough education out there on this. Can you please explain what re-traumatization is and how to know when it’s happening?
Hey Seth, I’m struggling to feel anything. I hear a lot of people mentioning the reactions they’re having. This is not my experience. Yesterday I went for a Thai massage and never experienced this before. It was very painful. It was very interesting though, as the lady said that my body was stuck, yes, and it needs to thaw out. I’m confused as to whether I should be doing this again or not. Is it forcing the body to move out of freeze?
Someone was asking actually about my relationship with Irene and how to navigate a relationship where there’s a lot of love and connection and interest and also triggers and things getting stirred up. And really that can go one of two ways
Yesterday I felt, again, into the trap of using my little regained energy and pushing through things without noticing my body. At the end of the day, I felt so hyper when I tried to sit down and get in touch with my body. I felt like fleeing and looking for distractions as the sensations were so uncomfortable. Tightness in the chest, throat, heart area. Having a history of physical and emotional abuse, I noticed that is how I usually go through every single day. Any recommendations to work with that?”
I’ve seen a rolfer, and there was some good cries, but then the tension increased afterwards.
Another thing that can happen is someone asked about, they noticed that they were able to stay present. There was this big emotion. They had this experience and this big emotion came through and they were able to stay present and notice the feelings of it. And then later on the heels of that, there was big activation, feeling like, I think they said fuzzy.
And finally someone asked, “Do we have to process all our traumas one by one?”
“My question is about following your impulse. I totally understand the idea behind it, but I also know that in meditation, like Vipassana for instance, it is being said to sit and let the sensations come up and dissolve, instead of acting on them. For instance, an urge to move your leg, that will finally go away. I know you practice Vipassana as well, so how do you relate to this? What to do in a Vipassana retreat, follow my impulse or not?