Understanding Emotional and Physical Pain

Study Notes

Stored emotions can cause physical pain.
Trauma, social conditioning, and psychological stress can all contribute to pain.
The body responds to our mental state, with pain appearing on one side of the body based on our past experiences.
Mapping emotions can help us understand and heal our pain.
Developmental trauma occurs when a child's primary caregiver does not provide nurturing or abusive care.
This can lead to difficulty engaging socially and dealing with stress later in life.
Shock trauma is an overwhelming event that can happen at any time in a person's life.
It is often connected to developmental trauma, and many people receive bodywork for shock trauma without realizing that underlying pain is actually caused by developmental trauma.
The nervous system is like a glass. When the glass is full of water, there is no more room for more water.
When the nervous system is stressed, it takes in more water, which can lead to problems.
The nervous system has two reactions when a threat is about to happen: the freeze response and the fight response.
The freeze response is when the muscles tense up and the fight response is when the body prepares to fight.
The freeze response can be harmful if it is not discharged. It can create kindling that can lead to bigger problems.
Touch can go right to the primitive brain, bypassing the cognitive brain, which can help release the freeze response.

Description

Explore the connection between stored emotions, trauma, and physical pain. Learn about developmental trauma, shock trauma, and how mapping emotions can aid healing. Understand how the nervous system responds to threats and the importance of touch in releasing the freeze response.