"It is through sensory storage and messaging that the body communicates. It holds many keys that help in identifying, accessing and resolving traumatic experiences" (Rothschild, 2000).
According to Sensorimotor Psychotherapy, a somatic, body-focused therapy, everything we experience and all the sensations felt on and in the body are forms of communication needing to be expressed.
Think of your triggers as a google translator to know what is happening on the inside. In order to offer relief, we want to notice what is happening, and then process and release the experience on a mind and body level (Sensorimotor Psychotherapy: Ogden, Minton & Pain, 2006).
Step back, NOTICE the sensation...
Stay in the present
Safe awareness/feet on the ground, straight posture
Bring yourself to present safety awareness
Then experience the sensation
If shaking, let yourself shake; if crying, let yourself cry; vocalize what you want to say
Deeply breathe putting your hands where you experience the sensation and tension
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