Wow_Era :
This post is so perfectly timed for me. I’ve been working with my therapist and studying up on the vagus nerve and fascia to help alleviate lifelong tics, digestive disease , a throat that literally locks up and chokes me when I’m anxious or learning new stuff, and alopecia areata. All autoimmune stuff. So today, when I soothe the physical symptoms, I do it by talking to my younger self and saying, “I know you didn’t get to process your emotions or speak out against your abuse then, but you’re safe now and can let go. I got you. You’re safe. Tell me what happened.” After some breathing, tapping, humming, I literally feel the physical symptoms melt away. But then blocked memories start to come up and I have to reprocess them with my adult mind. Not super convenient when this happens at work, but I just deal with it right then and there. Otherwise I just get overwhelmed by physical tension. So I have to choose— pain and tension, or deal with this now and comfort my inner child so it goes away. I’m seriously tripping on this mind-body connection and wish I had learned this years ago. I’ve had these damn tics every day all day my whole life, and they’ve just stopped. Done.
2025-04-26 01:22:04