The idea that traumatic events are carried in the body is not new. I know the tie is real, because I experienced it firsthand, in a group therapy scenarios, when I was in my twenties. Specifically, I was talking in the group and one of the other women pointed at me. “What’s that, on your leg?”
I looked down, to see the raised shape of my father’s belt buckle on my thigh. I couldn’t believe it. I recognized it, immediately. “My father’s belt buckle,” I said.
The whole group stopped to examine my thigh. The shape was raised and pink, turning ret; if you’ve ever been beaten like this, you know what I mean. It was a “fresh” welt. So that was a trip. I’ve had lessor things occur over the years, but my point is, I absolutely know, the body caries trauma forward. This was called a “body memory” at this time. Not sure if there is an updated term.
I bring this up, because yesterday I was talking to a gal who was telling me about an acupuncturist she’d known and seen, professionally. Apparently this man was a seeker, as he started out, a chiropractor. He thought there was more, so he became an MD. He thought there was more than that, as well, so he learned acupuncture.
When treating her, he had all these needles in her stomach and other places. He asked her to retrieve a memory; go into the emotion, relive it and release it.
This registered with me, immediately, as it’s essentially the method I used to recover from my trauma. I know this method works on an emotional level, but I had never of this in terms of pain or chronic pain, which is what he was treating her for.
As far as I know, the physical pain I suffer is utterly tied to malformation of my spine (stenosis) and injury to my neck (my father liked to kick us in the head). But I’m skilled in this area. I’m definitely going to go in there (my psyche) and see if I can pull anything up.
The word is, problems like mine (spine) do nothing but get worse, but this is not true, either. It’s really not true and I have the MRIs to prove it.
The vertebrae in my neck are utterly out of line; like tin cans stacked, unevenly. I also have a reverse curve, that I was told was fusing. This used to be my number one problem. I was told if I got in a car accident, my carotid artery would be severed and I’s be dead. This was false!
I had an ablation, which was supposed to last six months, if I was lucky. It’s been six years, pain free, but besides that, the last time my back doc checked my updated MRI, he said my neck looked better. I was shocked, as I did not think this was possible, but it correlates with my actual experience. I no longer have neck pain!
There’s a lot of pain and illness out there so I want to put this out here, right away, on the chance someone can benefit. I don’t have clear instructions and the doctor has passed so I can’t go to the source. But I do know how to access what’s stored in my depth. I’m going spelunking!
This seems a perfect time to do with, with Pluto conjunct my ascendant. Perhaps I can find the root and free myself from burden. Maybe you can do the same!
Hmmm, I have Pluto in my first house in my current solar return chart. Back in August, just before my new SR, I had three appointments with a hypnotherapist. I am trying to go deep myself and learn to improve my life with manifesting. I felt I was blocked. I knew I was blocked. I was raised by a very abusive narcissistic mother and the wounds are plentiful. My three sessions were all about inner child work. Anyway, in my last session, she had me do work to fix (or at least improve) my mother issues. The first two sessions were surprisingly helpful but that last one is when we tackled my mother. During this session, my right hand, which was loosely balled into a fist and resting on my lap, started to jerk and twist uncontrollably. If you’ve ever been under hypnosis you know that when done successfully, the body becomes very heavy and it is difficult to move. It’s like when you are going into or coming out of a deep sleep. You have to make a herculean effort just to move. Anyway, my right hand was twitching violently and I couldn’t stop it. I was releasing stored trauma so I can relate to your experience. After the session, I felt better. I was amazed what three sessions did for me. I need more but hypnotherapy isn’t covered under insurance. I will do more when I can.
I would highly recommend going to a qualified hypnotherapist for those who also suffer trauma. No, you don’t lose control and you can’t be forced to do anything against your will. I tried a past life regression some years ago but I had a difficult time really going under. What helped me this time was that I started listening to guided meditations. It took a few tries, but I was able to relax enough to get something out of it. What these guided meditations really did for me was to help me relax so that I could be hypnotized. By the time I went to the hypnotherapist, she was able to put me under. She did a great job and ensured I was sufficiently hypnotized by using a variety of techniques. She took her time. She was a thorough professional.
There’s a book called The Body Keeps (or Knows?) the Score that goes into this. That book and energetic and shamanic workers know that trauma can also be stored in the body and that a main way of working with it is through physical modalities in addition to psychotherapy, hypnosis, and others that are out there.
Community and being with those who were right for me have also been an important part of my healing.
made think of those stories oh heart transplant patients who suddenly start smoking or eating french fries, things the deceased patient used to love to do. i think memory is held in the cell water in inside our bodies, but i have no way of proving that.