The Mountain Is You

TRAUMA IS NOT IN YOUR HEAD. IT IS IN YOUR BODY.
This is the first and most important thing you need to know in order to
overcome it: Trauma is a legitimate, physical issue. You store those

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emotions, energies, and patterns at a cellular level.
Thankfully, we can use the ripples at the top of the water to trace back down
to the problem at the bottom. You can begin to use your body to help you
heal.
FIRST, IDENTIFY WHAT CAUSED THE TRAUMATIC

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EXPERIENCE.
You do this by feeling into yourself and noticing where you are tight or
tense. Our bodies harden to protect us.
When we have a broken leg, our fascia tightens like a natural cast so that
we do not bend ourselves that way again.
Similarly, when our hearts are broken, our emotions tighten so that we do
not let ourselves feel again.
Of course, eventually, we have to walk. We have to love.
We have to experience life again. We have to slowly soften the pieces of us
that are trying to protect us so that we can move forward.
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Healing trauma is not just a matter of psychoanalyzing it. It is a matter of
literally working through it physically.
The next time you feel yourself overreacting to some kind of stimulus, you
will notice that your body is starting to tense up and create a fight-or-flight
response. To heal this, you have to force yourself to take deep, soothing
breaths until the part of your body that was once tense is relaxed again.
You will need to self-soothe in different ways: meditat-ing, breathing,
drinking enough water, getting enough sleep, using aromatherapy, sound
therapy, or whatever else works for you.

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You absolutely must work to take your brain and body physically out of
panic/survival mode.