letting go of trauma stored in the body

[BeARiver]

Hi BPD Family,

I have a friend who is a doctor, an oncologist and he believes that stored trauma in the body can lead to disease. Gulp. I know if have lots and lots of repressed and stored trauma in me. Any suggestions on how to process it and get rid of it? is EMDR the way to go? Anything else that works? Any ideas are appreciated. Thank you!

[I Am Redeemed]

Hi,

One type of therapy is somatic experiencing. Some members here have experience with that; I do not personally know about that type of therapy but I am currently doing emdr and though it is early on, I have had some of the stored trauma released already. I actually felt my body trembling during the session. I have had extremely tense muscles in my shoulder and neck for years, and some of it has been released with each session.

I don't know which would be right for you but I thought I would share what I have recently experienced in emdr.

[PeaceMom]

Read “The Body Keeps The Score” by Van der Kolk also listed to podcasts and Ted Talks by Dr. Peter Levine on S.E. Somatic Experiencing. All this came from war vets returning home and being triggered in their core by stored memories. EMDR can certainly be helpful, but they report it woks best for big T’s (traumas) maybe not as well for many many little t’s.

[Bunny]

I have severe asthma and am convinced it’s linked to childhood trauma. Asthma doesn’t really run in my family.   I’m in the process of reading “The Body Keeps the Score.”

[JNChell]

Hey there, BeARiver. I believe that your friend is right. Trauma is stored. Think about it. What makes you flinch? Why? I’m not saying that the things that make you flinch are from trauma, but the body remembers. There are several types of therapy available. Before jumping head first into all of it, consider talk therapy with a trauma specialist as a means to get the ball rolling. Talking about it helps to bring it out to a place that we can look at it, which is very important.