Body Memories

Trauma physically hurts

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There are many symptoms that childhood trauma survivors experience, but none are more disturbing than that of body memories. During a body memory, you may see, hear, or otherwise feel body sensations connected to trauma.

This piece shall explore body memories and ways you can help yourself when you experience one.

Childhood Trauma

Childhood trauma refers to frightening, violent, life-threatening, or dangerous events that happen to children or other children you may have known who were maltreated.

Childhood traumas may include any or more than the following listed events.

· Sexual abuse

· Physical abuse

· Physical neglect

· Emotional abuse

· Emotional neglect

· Witnessing a parent being harmed by violence

· Observing substance abuse in the home

· Narcissistic abuse

When these experiences occur, your child selves become overwhelmed and upset and feel helpless and hopeless.

When children, who were exposed to overwhelming abuse or neglect, they grow into adults who often suffer from a myriad of mental health problems…