WellBeing

The Body Keeps the Score & Talk Therapy isn’t the “be all end all” when it comes to this. This is why a solid understanding& application of somatic healing is so important in trauma recovery.

"𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗯𝗼𝗱𝘆 𝗸𝗲𝗲𝗽𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗲, 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗴𝗲𝘁𝘀.

You think you've moved on. You've forgiven, let go, done the mental work.

But your body? Your body still flinches at certain tones of voice. Still contracts around specific types of people. Still holds tension in the exact places trauma landed.

Because trauma doesn't live in your memories. It lives in your tissues.

You can't think your way out of what your body is holding. Talk therapy gets you to understanding—but understanding doesn't discharge stored survival energy.

This is why you can intellectually know you're safe and still feel anxious. Know you're worthy and still feel small. Know it's over and still react like it's happening.

Your nervous system is waiting for somatic release, not more analysis.

The body keeps the score. And only the body can clear it.

When you address trauma where it actually lives—in your cells—that's when freedom becomes embodied, not just understood."

- Live In Frequency, GS