How the Nervous System Stores Childhood Trauma...

(and how Somatic Experiencing Helps You Let it Go)

Trauma isn't just what happened.

It’s how the body responded when it happened and how it kept carrying it long after the moment passed. It's the years you held that particular feeling or experience in your nervous system.

 And if you had childhood trauma, it's probably woven so tightly into your coping. mechanisms, what you think is your personality & how you move in the world.

It shows up as....

• Tightness in your chest when someone raises their voice.

• Feeling like you're foggy in the middle of a conversation.

• Exhaustion after saying “no” or hanging out with certain people

• Being startled or on edge really easily
• People Pleasing & monitoring how people are feeling & if they are happy
• Difficulty trusting others and new experiences or certain situations
• Feeling unsafe, even when you know you are logically
• Being hard on yourself & having a harsh inner critic
• C...