How stored trauma creates somatic symptoms (aka chronic illness)
NOTE: This is a re-release of one of my most popular vlogs, and we are re-running it. The original was released on January 26, 2020. You can find the original here: • How stored trauma crea...
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What are somatic symptoms? Why do they arise? How can we heal?
Watch this quick vlog for answers. And be sure to check out the complementary resources I mention in the chat for a deeper dive.
Resources to complement this vlog:
► Healing Trauma video series
irenelyon.com/healing-trauma-...
► Irene’s programs
irenelyon.com/programs/
► Peter Levine’s Work
www.somaticexperiencing.com/
► When the Body Says No - Gabor Maté
www.amazon.com/When-Body-Says...
► Trauma Spectrum - Robert Scaer
www.amazon.com/Trauma-Spectru...
► Q&A With Irene Lyon: Chronic Illness, Chronic Fatigue, Autoimmune, and Much More!
• On chronic illness, ch...
► Irene’s Blog: On Chronic Illness and What It Takes to Heal From It
irenelyon.com/2017/09/21/chro...
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After getting into an argument with my narcissistic mother and sustaining narcissistic abuse, the next day I had a severe panic attack. Following there after each day, I would have one severe panic attack a day. I couldn't seem to control my thoughts, I just had this fighting feeling inside me of holding my breath and not wanting to breathe. My therapist told me I was going into freeze mode, just as animals do when they're in danger around a predator. I thought she hit the nail on the head. I finally put together after all this time that it was my narc mother who caused me to have panic attacks over all these years.
@humble.pie.
11 ай бұрын
I'm sorry and I'm glad you're getting Therapy 😊
@KOOLBadger
11 ай бұрын
I was three when I had my first attack. Im sorry you suffer from Mom. I do too. Can not and will not talk to her anymore..
@rata4428
11 ай бұрын
I have a mentally ill mom who gas lights me and lied to my entire family and extended about me. Its like a dark cloud follows you around for ever
@pault9544
11 ай бұрын
@@KOOLBadger good. My mom is so unpleasant to talk to in so many ways. She always finds some way to stain the convo with her toxic, poisonous negativity. I just kind of don't have a choice now coz I'm living with her. Will be moving out soon for a job thankfully.
@IreneLyon
11 ай бұрын
@paul9544, Jen here from Team Lyon. When we grow up with unkind, abusive, and unattained caregivers, our nervous system often learns to live in survival mode, and in anitipeation of threat. This can certainly cause feelings of panic and freeze, as you mentioned has been the case with you. I'll link to a few of Irene's related resources in case you'd like to learn more. What is an anxiety attack? - kzread.info/dash/bejne/hWactpWKoJmYnag.html Functional Freeze Explained - kzread.info/dash/bejne/X6WEpdyznpDbgaQ.html DIY: Anxiety Anxiety Medicine (a practice you can try when feeling stressed or noticing the first signs of a panic attack) - kzread.info/dash/bejne/Yn131cSRhaaxnbA.html
Ive come to learn that pain is the messenger, and I no longer kill the messenger but listen deeply to it.
@pushthetempo2
9 ай бұрын
This is so true its sending you a message. Usually you're being inauthentic or youre boundaries are being stepped on 🫣
This is so true. I cannot necessarily say I was suffering from sone past trauma but my work environment was so toxic my stomach would be in knots every morning and I ended up developing piles from anxiety. A few months after I quit the job all the symptoms disappeared. I slept better, the piles healed themselves and the anxiety just melted away. It's incredible how my body reacted to how unhappy I was feeling.
@intrusiveminecraft
9 ай бұрын
it’s amazing how our bodies can heal ❤️
@HydraStar01
5 ай бұрын
I'm glad your symptoms disappeared. May I ask whether you changed your toxic career or not?
I used to suffer from “acid reflux” for years (2001-2003) (2009-2019). It had gotten so bad at certain points that I had to be rushed to the hospital. When I found out that this was from me being in flight, fight, or freeze for years everything started making sense. I’m in therapy right now and it’s very intense as I have to dissect everything from childhood until recently. I’m at a point where I can notice my body getting tense, anxious, tired, etc. and identify the trigger (right now it’s my job) and can calm myself down. I’m still not out of the woods yet as I’m not where I want to be in life, but I’ll be there as long as I continue to do the work one step at a time.
@peacenholiness6855
10 ай бұрын
Life is all about balance and love. Daily meditation and prayer helps
@Veronica-wi3tb
10 ай бұрын
Same here. The reflux so hard it is making me cough sometimes...taking omeprasol is not really helpful. And yes, previous traumas and abuse on the list...
@lilianadhola-hg2lg
10 ай бұрын
Eat sauerkraut n say the rosary and go for Mass
@lilianadhola-hg2lg
10 ай бұрын
@@Veronica-wi3tb eat sauerkraut n go for Mass
@anacosta3924
Ай бұрын
I am 56, I started with stomachaches around 1989. Later, found out it was "acid reflux" and I suffered from it for many years. I went to hospital many times because the pain was unbearable! Had hair loss, fatigue, migraines very often. In 2010 colapsed, found a therapist and here I am, much better. Aggressive mother, made my childhood and youth a hell and my father was a covert narcissist. My body stored everything!!! Sad...but at last!
It showed up in my body as breast cancer. It took me two years to release my pent up hurt, anger, and feelings of being insignificant, but boy was it worth it. I could feel the complete change in My heart, soul and body once I let go and began seeing myself as amazing and having a new beautiful understanding of all life. I am now able to see the value in all life's lessons and have finally stopped punishing myself for my past and live in the present moment with anticipation instead of dread! My cancer disappeared completely. My tumors shrunk without treatment and are completely gone. I only received treatment for 6 months and decided to stop 18 months ago. My recent blood showed my cancer cell count below the normal range. Work on your head, heart and soul for the best results. Your Inner Source can take it from there💖
@finitobonito
9 ай бұрын
Thankyou for sharing your story.. I've recently recovered from bladder cancer and 100% feel it is due to years of suppressed emotions.. Can you share what you did to release those emotions? I always feel that I'm never quite doing enough and it is still inside me🙏🏼
@cattailer1077
9 ай бұрын
@@finitobonito ....I had to start by educating myself on how we manifest anything which is always thru our beliefs supported by our emotions. Those beliefs and emotions can be changed to match what we actually desire in our lives. Two wonderful teachers for me are Tom Kearin, Be Something Wonderful; and Abraham thru Esther Hicks. They will help you to recognize emotions and responses that are negatively affecting you and how to release what you no longer need or want. Be patient, it can take a while for issues to come to the surface and when they do, thank them for teaching you lessons learned and decide to let them go. There are many wonderful teachers on Utube who understand the principles of shifting yourself into a new understanding about our beautiful 3D lives. I listen to their videos everyday to keep reaffirming what I have come to understand about the laws of assumption and attraction. It feels so great to understand how YOU create your own world. Dr. Joe Dispenza, MD, phD, explains the whole process by teaching how the mind and body react to everything we put into our consciousness. Have fun with it because it's easier to shift when you are happy with yourself! Enjoy the process!🥰
For anyone who'se interested, I had the energy of shock stuck in my brainstem from early childhood abuse. It took a gifted cranio/sacral therapist to release it with her hands! Made a lot of difference. Also released shock from my bones.
@justinamusyoka4986
11 ай бұрын
How was that done and can I learn to do it on myself ? Just asking.
@vanessas2363
11 ай бұрын
Wow. Please share
@nft3
11 ай бұрын
Wow
@donahboddami
10 ай бұрын
I have shock too in musculoskeletal most certainly. I can lose conciousness stubbing my toe although i have a ridiculously high pain threshold. I feel my congenital brain malformation (chiari type) was due to shock trauma in the womb. A car accident led to premature birth at 7 months. I was seemingly OK outwardly if a little solemn and had a rich internal world. Docs thought I was a loon for raising it after devastating changes due to fall affecting sacrum ( I have had bladder, kidney, nerve issues all my life) and whiplash type neck injury. I understood the somatic elements and like you cranio sacral techniques and understanding cranial nerves and functions helped with the stress of misdiagnosis & medical gaslighting. Releasing the latter was harder than living with the "conditions "😅
@stellaborealis4846
10 ай бұрын
@@donahboddamiif Covid and the side effects of the 💉showed us something, is that Doctors cannot be fully trusted.
I was born in a narcissistic cult-like family dynamic and I had a very narcissistic “best friend” as well. All parties involved drained me. I dealt with anxiety since 15 and developed ulcerative colitis in 2016. Thankfully, I recovered from from the UC in 2021. And I’m still working through anxiety, but I am in a very good place. I had to cut off my entire family system and friend group due to so much overwhelming stress. Thanks for making this video as very few are talking about this topic! All they want to do is give you predisone, which isn’t treating the cause.
@peacenholiness6855
10 ай бұрын
Keep focusing on self love and discipline ☯️ 🧘♀️🙏 God bless you
I spent 12 days suffering from a anal abcess and fistula that needed immediate treatment. The surgeon took it upon herself to say the severe pain I was experiencing was somaform illness. No cat scan nothing. I spent 11 days being ridiculed, ignored in my 4 ambulance visits to hospital until I started to bleed rectslly and they rushed me to OR. I'm guessing that surgeon decided to be a psychiatrist. And now I have her reported to the medical board. In addition reported 3 teams of paramedics who ridiculed me.
@earthsign7568
11 ай бұрын
The medical system is a complete gong show. If it's trendy to diagnose everyone with 'anxiety' they will do it. Glad you reported her.
@miapdx503
11 ай бұрын
The last time I had to go to the hospital was the last time...they treated me like 💩. I'll never go back, unless I'm unconscious. They used to be compassionate and effective. I don't know if they're over worked, if covid had an affect on the system...but I do know that they didn't treat me like a human being. I would never put myself through that again.
@shimmer8289
11 ай бұрын
@earthsign7568 the crazy part a *surgeon*suddenly has the expertise to dx a abcess and fistula as anxiety producing extreme pain and send me on my way with no referral to anxiety doctor. Yup someone is incompetent as heck.
@shimmer8289
11 ай бұрын
@miapdx503 they are ENTITLED. It's all about the money and every single one will moan they are underpaid. I agree with you btw.
@dawnhughes9942
11 ай бұрын
You're lucky they didn't commit you and force you to become addicted to multiple medications against your will. That she reality for many women who "complain" about things like this. Heckin ridiculous. Sorry for what you went thru.
This is definitely true… AND…. not always the case. Some people have lyme disease , Crohns, EBV, allergies , hormonal issues, the list goes on. AND - the emotions part , if not the cause, can certainly exacerbate it
@thecure3982
8 ай бұрын
What do you think of PCOS ? What can be done?
@kate4biglittlevoices
7 ай бұрын
I agree
I had a narcissistic father. Control freak. Ruined my life and the people around him. Now I have panic attacks and anxiety and depression .
@IreneLyon
11 ай бұрын
@percubit10, Jen here from Team Lyon. This sounds really challenging. I did want to let you know that may of us who are drawn to Irene's work had some rough experiences growing up, and live with anxiety, depression, and other symptoms as a result. We do find that there is hope - when we learn to understand and work with the nervous system in this way that Irene teaches, in time we can create healing and new ways of being that open the doors to new and different possibilities. I hope you find some info here that helps you move in that direction, if that's something you want.
@percubit10
11 ай бұрын
@@IreneLyon I stopped taking care of myself. Bad teeth and don't care about my grooming. Lost two brothers one to drugs and one to suicide. My mom belittles me all the time that I am not successful. I spent years in a career doing IT work. She expects so much and gives me guilt trips all the time. To add insult to injury, Our lifestyles are pretty fucked up. Never celebrate anything, Never have any fun or leisure it's all serious and all about work and money. I used to say what about play. Playtime. That is so foreign to her. I like to travel and adventure and explorations. These ideas are so strange to her, I never understand.
@helgardhossain9038
10 ай бұрын
That what we acquire, we can get rid off just as well ... (Louise Hay) Have you tried Ho'oponopono ... ?
@peacenholiness6855
10 ай бұрын
@@percubit10self love and discipline will help a lot, along with meditation and prayer. Don't take what she says seriously, it's only projections and stealing your energy. Take regular Epson salt baths ☯️
@Tamytutu81
10 ай бұрын
Hi percubit. I would check out anointed fire KZread channel on narcissistic people, like parents or relationships. Tiffany really goes into depth about why people choose to be this why and what you can do about it so that it doesn’t affect your life. It’s really a spiritual battle at the end. Stay strong and God bless!
I am totally stressed due to finacial abuse . I am totally broke and it is freaking me out … I never have been so in trouble financially. It has totally incapacitated me , making me even worse off!
@lisaperkins7807
11 ай бұрын
I am with you I live with my mother in law after my sister died of cancer ,he had recurring cancer him self I am greatful heroes help with the major things but no money to do things I need to for myself.
@bethelle9099
11 ай бұрын
@@lisaperkins7807, So many in the same boat now. Not enough for basic expenses, food or supplements/medicine...... Extreme stress !!!!! We all need to pray to make ends meet !!!
@theanonymoushelpline7248
11 ай бұрын
I wish I could help u, even if it’s a small amount. What is your Cashapp?
@stevenkovler5133
10 ай бұрын
@@theanonymoushelpline7248 do you still want my Cashapp?
@peacenholiness6855
10 ай бұрын
In the meantime focus on self love and discipline ☯️ develop a closer relationship with God🧘♂️🙏
You have a beautiful demeanor. It is so compassionate, respectful, and intelligent. Thank you.
My soul healing has gone exactly hand in hand with my body healing. I was both literally and metaphorically twisted
@braverisingwithamanda
10 ай бұрын
Are you talking about scoliosis?
@coreyroberts47
10 ай бұрын
@@braverisingwithamanda pretty much. I had a bad neck injury as a kid that never got addressed, and it turned into it over time after multiple other injuries. I was completely cut off/unaware of my own body that added to mental dissociation when started smoking weed
@peacenholiness6855
9 ай бұрын
@coreyroberts47 take Epson salt baths and burn Palo Santo incense with the window cracked just before bed🧘♂️🙏☯️
I did an EFT zoom session last night with several students and practitioners. We focused on allergies. People were able to be free from life threatening allergies after treating their trauma 😊
@remaininganonymous4129
11 ай бұрын
I have experienced this myself. I have eczema brought on due to stress. 'Hay fever' is only brought on when I'm stressed. I have had eczema clear when avoiding certain people. I used to think I had issues with food. When in fact it was trauma based.
@pennym1056
11 ай бұрын
How can I join one of those sessions? I have multiple chronic health issues and food intolerances that I think were brought on by severe trauma in my childhood
@peacenholiness6855
10 ай бұрын
@@pennym1056also try daily meditation and prayer
@healing-vibe-tribe
8 ай бұрын
@@5GBGone.ComProtectionDevice It has worked minor miracles in my circles, for sure. Like anything, it is not the answer for everything.
I grew up in a very unpredictable household with an alcoholic father. I struggled with generalized anxiety disorder and panic disorder for 10 years before I believe that turned into Ulcerative Colitis (a disease of the bowel). Since getting diagnosed, I realized my symptoms get worse when dealing with stressful events that remind me of my childhood. And they relieve themself after sorting through and releasing my suppressed emotions in a healthy way (like crying).
I spent 4 years bedridden with fibromyalgia which I now understand as the mind's way of giving you physical pain so you wont have to deal with your emotional/mental/spiritual issues. Like some who wrote below, I now view pain as a messenger who helps me glean answers I need from my self. Thank you for talking about this.
Don't want to recommend anything controversial but I have found psilocybin helpful in breaking some mental & emotional barriers, processing etc. It is being studied more thoroughly & showing lots of promise for aiding in trauma healing..
@ellisajankowski7890
11 ай бұрын
I concur!
@lisaperkins7807
11 ай бұрын
Thanks had go dr get meds do not want take them but getting to point can not deal with journeys exhausted been 5 years just making me more angry then healing witch not good
@TheForestCrone
11 ай бұрын
I can concur. Before starting therapy, I attended medicine ceremonies with peyote and ayahuasca (among other things) to deal with what I recognized as trauma, but didn't understand was actually CPTSD. The peyote really helped me to see and love myself, which was the perfect foundation to do more heavy work. Psilocybin has been crucial in my therapy as I have an intention to see what my damaged ego is hiding from me and can't see it otherwise. Therapy is wrapping all this up for me and I feel it's crucial as well, because to navigate the subconscious and damaged aspects of the psyche requires a navigator who knows these realms well. I have a myriad of autoimmune diseases that started in childhood. As it stands now, I've completely eliminated symptoms from a few diseases while greatly diminishing symptoms of others. I look forward to total healing.
@thewatchers5930
10 ай бұрын
@@TheForestCrone Where is this kind of treatment in America? All shrinks have done for a decade thrown antidepressants at me, I'm standing on the edge of a cliff 😢
@TheForestCrone
10 ай бұрын
@@thewatchers5930 Oh sweetie, I'm so sorry! Step away from the edge! See if you're in a state where ONAC has a branch for ceremony (Oklevueha Native American Church) if you're interested in a different approach. Keep your mind open about AD's, I used Wellbutrin for 15 years tp get through the work that I needed to do psychologically. There really is an answer, it's just up to you to find it. Don't give your power away to others bc you're a badass and you can figure this out! Love to you.
"Get in touch with your body...at your own pace". Will do.
Healing your feelings by feeling your healing
Don't forget adrenal glands. One they go "all-out" you can tap into rage or at least constant frustration whenever your natural cortisol rises. Like after coffee or when too hungry, or when obviously - you get triggered. Trauma and hormones are key, not only the nervous system. Depending on the severity of it ofc but if its really bad they id say the hormonal imba is worse than the nervous system side. "Luckily" i had a first hand experience. Trust me.
@landigb9481
10 ай бұрын
You got that right. I can totally relate.
I had awful stomach aches almost daily from 4th grade all the way through 6th grade. We looked at allergies and I went through plenty of different procedures, but ultimately nothing was found that would have been causing them. It only just occurred to me a couple years ago that my stomach pains may have been a result of some sort of subconscious anxieties. 4th grade was the same year I developed a bad dermatillomania habit, which I hear can be a symptom of OCD (not that I think I have OCD, but that is an anxiety-related disorder). The pain also flared up anytime I went to sleepovers for some unknown reason. The stomach aches seemed to disappear as I got older and moved through puberty. Although to this day, if I am - for example- packing before a long stay somewhere, I may not feel all that stressed or anxious in my brain. But my stomach will start to churn and ache as I pack. Then I’ll think of how I should be packing instead of laying down from stomach pain - which only prolongs the aching! Our brain-body relationships are so strange.
@IreneLyon
11 ай бұрын
@omgsicle, Jen here from Irene's team. It sounds like you're making some important connections between your symptoms and underlying nervous system responses. You mentioned, dermatillomania. It sounds like this may something in your past, and I'll share a link to a video Irene did on the (general) topic in case you want to further investigate the links between your nervous system and your experience. The connection between skin picking, OCD, and stored trauma - irenelyon.com/2021/07/11/the-connection-between-skin-picking-ocd-and-stored-trauma/
@paranoah1925
11 ай бұрын
Did something bad happen to you during a sleepover?
@omgsicle
11 ай бұрын
@@paranoah1925 no, not that I remember!
@paranoah1925
11 ай бұрын
@@omgsicle How about a trip or summer camp or something? Maybe a visit to a relative's place?
@omgsicle
10 ай бұрын
@@paranoah1925 Nothing I remember. I was always a shy kid though
It’s so hard😭I have this Stay away from toxic people, nobody will help you, they will run you around creating more trauma stress judging you work on calming yourself Even the medical industry
I'm adopted, and I don't know when I was told this, or my reaction to this; but I do know that as a child I was angry alot and felt alone. My adopted mum had another baby when I was 8 1/2 months old, and was in hospital for 3weeks after a difficult delivery. I didn't stop crying the whole time she was away, and until I started to walk, so I believe that alot of my illness is from my early start in life. Even though It didn't start until I became pregnant and became a T1 diabetic, then lots of other illnesses developed.
@IreneLyon
10 ай бұрын
@amandapryar4675, Jen here from Irene's Team. Early developmental trauma, which includes things that happen to us in utero and as infants, can have a major impact on how we develop and go on to live our lives. The good news is that we now know that there's a lot we can to do grow nervous system regulation and support healing later in life. I'll link to a video out early developmental trauma in case that's of interest, and also to an interview Irene did with Seth Lyon, her husband and colleague, about his journey. Healing our resistance to making money, exercising, & living in the matrix with Seth Lyon - irenelyon.com/2023/02/08/healing-in-a-toxic-culture-with-seth-lyon/ Q&A w/ Irene, Seth, & Janice. Special focus on healing early & developmental trauma - kzread.info/dash/bejne/aWyFy9ppdJnLfM4.html
@nopenever3
10 ай бұрын
Wow. Let me start by saying ... me too. I was an unwanted pregnancy and a "bad" baby. I was fussy and cried a lot. I have had anxiety for as long as a remember, as a toddler. I would cry uncontrollably if I thought I did something wrong or got in trouble. Needless to say my mind and body are destroyed after 53 years and I have been in therapy for 33 years
It’s a struggle being a single mom of 3 children 😢 I get no assistance no child support and no emotional support my job doesn’t even pay well to survive 😢glad I found this Chanel ❤
@maeganrose9591
10 ай бұрын
Beautiful things are ahead mama keep pushing sending you lots of love!
@TheMijas07
10 ай бұрын
Praying for you, things will get better xx
@Ms.GeminiBabe
10 ай бұрын
Thank you 🙏🏾 everyone ❤️🫶🏾
I appreciate you talking extensively on this subject. I developed fibro when I was around 10 yrs old and am now coming to have some clarity.
Pain teachs us a lot of lessons......Let it pile up or fix it 🧘♂️🙏☯️
Severe panic attacks while driving, conversing with a group of strangers or public speaking 😅. When your violent/mentally ill mother as a pre-teen (5 - 12) regularly knocks you hard on the head, regularly whips you or punches you hard like you’re an adult, fist punches or severely abuses you if you don’t do chores her way or speak out personal opinions. Either her way or you get beat up bad. Without realizing there are multiple ways to skin a cat. Childhood traumas definitely bubbles up & people react differently to similar circumstances.
Irene I could have used this information 47 years ago to help stem and reverse what my wife was subjected to, I could have made better informed and wiser, more responsible decisions jointly with her. Her family was a den of narcissism and inequity.
This has plagued me my whole life, thank you. I pray for healing in the name of Jesus Christ!
Thank you for genuinely and tirelessly doing these videos and perpetuating this understanding 🙏🙏🙏
When I feel anxious around people I get pain on the lower left side of my back. When I would feel mad or stressed out I would get stomach aches. I agree that body pain is associated with my thoughts.
A few "puzzle pieces" just came together: our brain needs to have feelings be "activated"/accessed in order for it to "open" the "window of reconsolidation" (maybe not even memories, but at least the feeling), and also, I'm remembering the AMAZING book "In an Unspoken Voice" by Peter Levine (It's SO MUCH BETTER than "When the Body Keeps the Score") where he speaks of going through the same physical motions the body went through during the time of the shocking event/trauma. So, yeah, we need to integrate the body AND the feeling in order to integrate the shift in both the body AND the mind. Ideally, we'd be like an animal and tremble our trauma away (like an animal shakes when terrified, and which we sometimes do. It is to be ENCOURAGED and NOT stopped but we've trained ourselves out of it)
That's one of the things we clear up with strenuous workouts. It gets us past traumatic experiences and clears and resets the mind.
@mgn1621
11 ай бұрын
Strenuous workouts are not good for people with adrenal fatigue.
@dennisrobinson8008
11 ай бұрын
@@mgn1621 That would be factored, and you would back up off of it for a while.
@cliaclarke35
11 ай бұрын
hard to do strenuous workouts with a rheumatic autoimmun disease that impacts your spine and big joint like the knees.
@dennisrobinson8008
11 ай бұрын
@@cliaclarke35 walking or moving in any way is a start. We have to move or we lose it.
@mgn1621
11 ай бұрын
Mindful movement is much better suited for people with trauma backgrounds
I agree with this. I believe I had trauma as a child, and grew up with lots of conditions, which eventually became life threatening. I had systemic parasitic infection that nearly wiped out my white blood cells. The earliest emotional trauma I experienced was when I was about 4 years old. At 40 years old, I finally understood the nature of the conditions I had and started a long 10 year journey to clear out the parasites, normalise the functions of my body's organs and systems and clear out the trauma. I did all this with lots and lots of plants and plant derivatives like essential oils.
Listening to your video reminds of my own trauma from an automobile crash and I use all of these tools to heal myself and facilitating ease in my body and help transmute my pain from my fractures and stuffering migraines from a healed neck injury. With medical interventions and using these tools of meditation and visualization to help me. I know that being Creative Arts Therapists,I'm so aware of shifting and help others to transmute both emotional & physical freezes that exists from within. Thank you for bringing in this 'footnote ' of how the trauma is stored in our bodies. ✨️
Through a shift in focused awareness we can notice the connection between a thought and our experience of our nervous system (which we interpret as a feeling, emotion). I see this process in our energy fields.
I developed Rheumatoid Arthritis the same year I lost both parents and also learned my deceased husband had been unfaithful. I am sure it came on as a result of that high emotional stress.
@IreneLyon
10 ай бұрын
@donnapatrick6793. sorry to hear about all the losses that you went through in a short span of time. That's a lot to hold. I hope you find some education and resources on Irene's channel that shead some light on the connection between your physical symptoms and what you went through, and that feels supportive to you. - Jen from Irene's Team
@TheMijas07
10 ай бұрын
So sorry for your loss and trauma x
For some reason this caught my eye and struck a nerve. I have been trying to figure out for years the chronic pain I have. It is mysterious. I have crippling pain that pops up in various parts of my body. The pains usually come and go every day. At barely 14, both of my parents drowned. I have systematically lost all of my extended family...just one loss after the other. Thank Jesus I have my 2 sons! Sometimes I feel like I've never fully grieved or healed, but hadn't heard of the possibility of stored trauma. It makes sense.
@IreneLyon
9 ай бұрын
@lindahandley5267, Jen here from Irene's Team. I'm really sorry to hear about how much loss you've experienced in your life. It may definitely be worth exploring the connection between what you've been through and the chronic pain you experience. If you haven't yet watched Irene's free Healing Trauma video series, you might check it out as it can often be pretty illuminating. Here's a link: free Healing Trauma video training - irenelyon.com/healing-trauma
@lindahandley5267
9 ай бұрын
@@IreneLyon Thank you so much. 💗
@indigokid7565
9 ай бұрын
I'm sorry you had to go through this. I am your friend. You are never alone. Wish you all the blessings and love from earth and heaven. Stay strong💙😇
@lindahandley5267
9 ай бұрын
@@indigokid7565 That's so sweet of you. It happened many decades ago and thanks to my mother's family, my brother and i were well-taken care of and loved. Hold onto your family. They're are so important. Take good care of yourself!🌹
@indigokid7565
9 ай бұрын
@@lindahandley5267 yes, that's true. My family loves me and they're the ones I can always rely on. All the best for you! ♡
I used to be in a toxic relationship. I really always felt like subconsciously that I could not please the other person if I was just being "myself". So that's why I had to disconnect from myself and I didn't even know that I was doing that. After 6 years I still have chronic pain in my body because of this. It has kind of become normal, even though I know it's not normal. But I am trying to see the positive aspects in all of this, how this situation actually helps me to reconnect with myself and with my truth again.
@IreneLyon
10 ай бұрын
@ninaduschek9267, Jen here from Irene's Team. It's uplifting to hear about the way you're finding ways that your situation is helpful you to reconnect with yourself and your truth again. Reconnecting with oneself is actually very aligned with this nervous system work as it has a lot to do with teaching us to connect with our authenticity and to live more from this place of alignment. I'll link to a related message from Irene in case you want to check it out. A 2023 message from Irene: RE-INVIGORATE YOUR BIRTHRIGHT!! - kzread.info/dash/bejne/en6avLx7Z9DXgdI.html
@peacenholiness6855
10 ай бұрын
At least you're self aware, some aren't. Daily meditation and prayer helps ☯️
I'm working on all of this now. My older sister has many autoimmune and digestive issues and keeps having surgeries which never help. When i try to speak with her about these issues she gets upset with me- "you're not a doc or therapist, stop being condescending, etc" i know i can't force it and when i have tiptoed toward the subject i have been incredibly gentle and only when she is bringing up the subject. Anyway, I'm so afraid of having info to point her toward (bc of my own severe issues and desperately searching for an answer) that could help or even save her and not getting it to her. I hope all of this becomes mainstream very very soon for our entire species. she did mention cptsd to her therapist who agreed so maybe that will fruit
I started to have instant itching after any nervousness post break down.
@peacenholiness6855
10 ай бұрын
Someone is sending you negative energy, stay balanced and grounded as much as you can 🧘♂️🙏
You’re explaining this really well. It’s short and to the point.
to experience a trauma is the purpose of human existence and understanding for oneself.
Spot on! I love Maté. I did pelvic health pt and it helped me connected to my body. Thank you for the resources!
Hi Irene! Great video - thank you for posting it. It helped clarify what I bump up with when helping myself and clients through energy healing. In some cases, when helping someone with underlying fear or doubt (or many other emotions), not only is that reduced, but then they tell me some medical symptom has disappeared. Thank you for all your videos and references!
You are amazing, thank you so much Irene! ❤
Thankyou, this is just rhe information I needed to read tonight I have been overwhelmed with stress for most of my life after early repetitve trauma, iits such a relief to be able to understand these were normal responses from my bpdy to percieved threat when I was a child. I am so grateful for you for your work Thankyou from my heart to yiurs❤️
I appreciate your time and knowledge- I fully believe our physical and spiritual( mind) body go together. Thank you!!❤️❤️❤️
This is amazing. Thank you for sharing. I’m glad I clicked on this video. I’m starting to listen to my body a lot more.
I suffered with asthma, endometriosis, migraines and an underactive thyroid. The onlybthing i suffer with today as of July 2023 is a little bit of asthma. Thw migraines were healed when i received Holy Communion ON THE TONGUE at the Fr Joseph K Bill 6 Day Silent Retreat in Ireland in Newry in 2006 (on youtube). Long story but God heals
Great video, and thank you. I learned over many years that my illnesses (fibro, systemic sclerosis, etc.) were from many past life traumas. The symptoms that were coming up were from stored, old energy that was ready to be cleared and healed once and for all. I have been consciously clearing this for over 16 years now. I have gotten better, slowly, over the years. I hope to write about my healing journey to help others in the future. God and the support of my husband has truly has gotten me through this.
Great video! I learned a lot about this in massage therapy school! Great to see a video about it!
Thank you for the explanation, Irene.
I'm glad I found your channel. Another good book is Childhood Disrupted.
This makes so much sense. I had a pelvic tumor the size of a cantaloupe I had no idea I had and my surgeon was like how was you in zero pain you should of been agonizing pain. Didn't feel a thing. But that was because I also went to reiki and my reiki master found it. And the fibromyalgia I think really disguised that I felt the fibromyalgia more than the tumor.
Thank you 🙏💖🕊 Studying chakras has helped me understand what core wounds need to be seen/ healed and how they manifest into the physical vessel 🕊
@Seminaluce
11 ай бұрын
Please pay attention with those chakras stuff. it is a dangerous spiritual practice connected to these "new age" spirituality which seems nice at the beginning but opens doors we should not open (sorry for my english)
@TheMijas07
10 ай бұрын
@@Seminaluce I totally agree!
Wow this is the best video i’ve seen in this topic
Totally moving forward at my own pace. Turning 58 soon. Great video!!
Thank you very much for your explanation! It's great and I totally can relate.
Someone made a comment about something I shared in a meeting at work and I felt angry and invalidated. That evening my left shoulder suddenly hurt enough I wondered if I was having a heart attack. My shoulder to my fingers and back were excruciatingly painful for four months. Multiple medical tests found nothing.
@peacenholiness6855
10 ай бұрын
Your energetic field is being interrupted. Wear selenite on the skin 🧘♂️🙏
@strawberrylove5684
9 ай бұрын
Do you think your body was upset because you didn’t share your thoughts right then and there, in the meeting? It sounds like you just absorbed the other person’s cruel comment, but didn’t feel able to respond in your own defense. That’s something I’m still working on myself: speaking up immediately, instead of just quietly internalizing rudeness from others. It’s not easy, but it’s much worse to keep taking people’s crap silently
Severe brain fog, HS also can be a symptom of your body always being at fight or flight mode. So you body’s immune system is above what is normal to try and protect your whole self becuz you are constantly fearful.
@IreneLyon
11 ай бұрын
@emmamonroe3311, Jen here from Irene's Team. Yes, for sure high sensitivity and other forms or chronic pain and illness can be symptoms of the body being in survival mode. This is the crux of Irene's teachings. I'll link to a few related resources in case you want to check them out. An Epidemic of Chronic Illness: How Stress, Trauma & Adversity Early in Life Impacts Our Capacity to Heal - irenelyon.com/2017/02/03/epidemic-chronic-illness-stress-trauma-adversity-early-life-impacts-capacity-heal/ A Field Guide to Your Nervous System - irenelyon.com/field-guide-to-your-nervous-system
@emmamonroe3311
11 ай бұрын
@@IreneLyon thank you.🙏🏻❤️
@peacenholiness6855
10 ай бұрын
Stay balanced and grounded and keep your energy cleansed at all times 🙏 🧘♂️
I healed all my chronic illness through healing my gut and detoxing. I healed my CFS, MCAS, and several autoimmune conditions.
@littlebopeeps5852
11 ай бұрын
How did you heal your gut?
@sea_hous
11 ай бұрын
Following
@tamingthechaos
11 ай бұрын
@@littlebopeeps5852 I don't know what worked for this person, but many people look to Kefir to help.
@private9013
11 ай бұрын
@@littlebopeeps5852 Gaps Carnivore then transitioned into an intro Gaps diet.
@pault9544
11 ай бұрын
Please share with us some of your resources. A lot of people need these answers.
Dr. John Sarno also spoke of this, especially how it related to back pain. He wrote several books on the subject. The mind is so powerful.
@anniefallon4352
11 ай бұрын
John Sarno saved my life, amazing man x
I have MS and chronic hypersomnia, and some mental health issues. I saw working with a counsellor recently and she mentioned the link being explored between adverse childhood events/experiences (ACEs), of which I had many, and MS. I came across this video when I was looking up more information on it, and it was very interesting, thank you.
@IreneLyon
10 ай бұрын
@trala8911, great to hear that you found this video to be helpful. Another video came to mind reading your post, so I'll share that too, along with a link to Irene's free Healing Trauma video training which might be of interest as well. Trouble losing weight? Got an addiction? (Origins of *The ACE Study*) - irenelyon.com/2015/10/14/origins-of-ace-study/ free Healing Trauma video training - irenelyon.com/healing-trauma - Jen from Team Lyon
Your videos have been so helpful. Thank you for helping me understand what's going on with my bodv. I always believed they were two separate issues.
I would like to point out... all of the illnesses she mentioned can and do occur WITHOUT traumatic issues. By not stating this... she is contributing to the "it is all in your head" problems many have to suffer through before getting REAL MEDICAL HELP. A patient trying to get medical help with a rare medical condition is hard enough without this type of theory being used to discredit the very real chronic illness and pain people are suffering with.
I just subscribed to your channel! This is me all the way! I have chronic health problems due to 9 years of childhood trauma, sexual abuse by a stepfather. My mother is also a manipulative Narcissist, so there’s that… My health problems got way worse after getting Covid 2.5 years ago, but I can see a trend where I was sick for decades even before. Never clicked until recently that the root cause of my symptoms was from trauma! Gut issues,(leaky gut), Asthma diagnosed at age 40,(never had Asthma before!) food allergies/ histamine intolerance, brain fog, severe mood swings, anxiety, anger, stress. Thank you for this! I’ll be looking forward to watch your other videos. ❤
@IreneLyon
9 ай бұрын
@leannshort2211, Jen here from Irene's Team. Great to hear that so much clicked when you found her channel! Since it sounds like you're new around here, you might check out Irene's New Here? page. Here's a link: irenelyon.com/new-here/
Why doesn't Gabor, or people like her mention Alice Miller's wonderful work which Gabor's stands on the shoulders of, including her book The Body Never Lies: the lingering effects of cruel parenting. All her other books are equally interesting and relevant.
I tried to heal it with psychedelics and learned the hard way it does not work like that. It should be slow and careful.
You are great at explaining. Thank you!
Brilliant Video
Wonderful topic, thank you! (fortuitous stumble upon your video - perfect continuation of my own recent thinking of mind-body connections) What you are discussing is a disconnection, a "not listening" to your own emotions as manifest in the energy of your body. And, in my view, it is not just your physical body and energy/emotions involved here -- but your subconscious thoughts and feelings. That is why these unpleasant conditions such as anxiety have a "viciously cyclical" nature to them: there is a dynamic process going on which can be triggered in various ways, e.g. - current circumstance in life queues established subconscious conceptual/thought pattern which starts to run, out of sight; then, energy/emotions react, and that energy begins to flow, which incites an established pattern of physical reaction in the body, which raises the systemic energy level at this particular frequency/pattern/color, which reinforces and further prompts the operative subconscious conceptual/thought pattern (subconscious sees physical/emotive reaction and believes there is a real danger...), which, in turn, strengthens energetic/emotional reaction, and...you have your "vicious cycle" off and running, all "subconsciously". This originally may well have all been subconscious (when young, you had no effective concepts and behaviours to deal with the particular circumstance), and has been kept there to protect you from further distress. It is very important to be able to listen to yourself, BUT...you still have to know what to do: how to provide yourself what you need to be balanced, at peace, whole, and, hopefully, joyful. ...particularly when the thoughts/emotions/physical reactions are so unpleasant and apparently disconnected from who and how you want to be in your life now, and appear to have a thread of "truth" connected to challenges in your current life's circumstances and underlying feeling of powerlessness (the original underlying feeling, still there). In other words - it is easy and likely to view these thoughts and emotional reactions as severely antagonistic. I ran across an insight years ago in a marvelous little book (Mastering Your Hidden Self) that has been great help to me: no matter how much it appears otherwise, your subconscious (a collection of "sub personalities") ALWAYS believes it is acting in your self interest -- it believes it is doing what is needed to protect and foster your life. The subconscious will continue doing what it has been unless you retrain it -- which literally means showing it that what it is doing is not needed or helpful anymore, and, as needed, giving it something else to do to help you.
do you have any tips on Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and severe brain fog?
@akapatience5571
11 ай бұрын
I would go through her videos from top to bottom if I were you. Good luck to you❤
@katrinbrunjes7383
11 ай бұрын
Histamine intolerance is known to cause brain fog and fatigue for some people. So my tip would be to check that out... All the best!
@katiegreenwood8738
11 ай бұрын
Brain fog can be related to gut microbiome imbalances.
@IreneLyon
11 ай бұрын
@sekischro5093, Chronic fatigue syndrome, or CFS, and severe brain fog can often go hand in hand. Generally speaking, learning to work with the nervous system to heal trauma and grow regulation often helps with CFS symptoms over time. Irene has a video about Adrenal Fatigue, and what she discusses there also applies to CFS. The freeze response is also often in the picture with both CFS and brain fog, so I'll share some links to where you can learn more about that too. The 2 Little Known Stages of Adrenal Fatigue and What You Can Do to Fix It - irenelyon.com/2015/12/10/adrenal-fatigue/ How to come out of a chronic freeze response after repeated stress & trauma - irenelyon.com/2022/08/24/how-to-come-out-of-a-chronic-freeze-response-after-repeated-stress-trauma/ - Jen from Team Lyon
@AG-vp1ok
11 ай бұрын
As a health coach, what I tell my clients is to start with the main pillars of health and then work outward. In other words, don't worry about whether or not gut issues, for example, are causing your symptoms if you have if don't have a solid foundation of health (i.e. the pillars). This method of getting rid of illness is quicker, essier, and less overwhelming. The pillars are water, sleep, food, stress reduction, exercise, good mental health, and social interaction. (I'm assuming you don't drink excessively or smoke.) So, when you ask about how to get rid of your symptoms, are you living a health lifestyle and don't not why you have the symptoms, or do some of the areas I mentioned need improvement?
Thank you very much! It makes sense!
Yes! I’m finally coming to this conclusion re my core childhood mother wound is demanding I feel it process it abd then my chronic injury etc will dissipate. Thanks for your work!
Very true! Great video! ❤
you are brilliant
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Yoga Sutras refer to stored trauma as Latent Impressions. I do like this wording. It keeps objectivity at hand. Spending time in the witness state helps with discrimination. Be Well
Amazing explanation of what trauma does to the body! Thank you for sharing this. I hope this is okay to mention, however I've had many, many issues resolved by the Emotion Code and the Body Code. These modalities are all about releasing trapped emotions and energies to help the body heal. Developed by Dr Bradley Nelson.
I read Carolyn Myss yrs back. I believe as you say.
I have body shakes like crazy these days. As I wake up I first have this feeling of falling down into blackness, then I get really scared and I start to shake. My neck makes my head shake. The trauma is stored in my upper back, or sometimes my stomach.
@peacenholiness6855
10 ай бұрын
Wear selenite and burn frankincense daily with the window cracked just before bed ☯️🧘♂️🙏
@Tamytutu81
10 ай бұрын
This may be fnd..functional neurological disorder. Look into Julie Herchberg videos on FND.
So well explained madam everything is psychosomatic thanks for sharing blessings 🙏🏻
Thank you
Im now having seizures and chronic back pain . A lot of other nasty ailments i won't list here but im angry. The individual who did this to me as a child has stolen my health, wellbeing and entire quality of life. What a waste.
@IreneLyon
11 ай бұрын
@rain7bow437, I'm sorry to hear about what you're going through. I hope you find some resources on Irene's channel that help to lessen your pain. I'll link to a resource that you might check out. - Jen from Irene's Team 4 Simple Steps to Calm Overwhelm - irenelyon.com/4-steps-to-calm-overwhelm/
@rain7bow437
11 ай бұрын
@@IreneLyon thank you so much x
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First, love your presence and knowledge! Can the trauma/somatic experience be from/ continued from a long term marriage beginning at age 19? 💜
@susangrande8142
10 ай бұрын
Of course it can. 👍 One’s partner or in-laws can definitely be the purveyors of stress to someone.
@IreneLyon
10 ай бұрын
@juliej5917, yes, trauma can stem from a marriage, and it depends on the nature of the relationship and how it impacts you. Trauma is in the way an experience impacts us, and not in the event itself. If you want to dive into learning about trauma, where it stems from, and some steps involved in healing it, you might check out Irene's free video training. I'll share a link in case you'd like to learn more. - Jen from Team Lyon free Healing Trauma video training - irenelyon.com/healing-trauma
Thanks for sharing your work Irene. I have a question: can we have the same somatic symptoms for having suffered "tsunamis of trauma" occurred in adulthood and we haven't managed yet to deal with those memories because are too overwhelming that prevent us from functioning in our daily life ? (Also, you look tired Irene. Please, take care and rest. You have done way too much and we are all grateful to have learned from you. Big hug from a burned-out sister).
@IreneLyon
11 ай бұрын
@adoa77, Jen here from Team Lyon. If I understand your question, you're asking if the same somatic symptoms from trauma in adulthood can prevent you from functioning in daily life. If so, then yes, this can definitely be the case. The effects of trauma can show up in many different ways. What do you do when you have unresolved trauma? Two types of orienting - kzread.info/dash/bejne/hqio3NJvf8aZgpc.html
Interesting this applies to me had trauma very early years suffer with deppression and cronic pain over th years wow very interesting thank u 🙏
@IreneLyon
10 ай бұрын
@eileenlocke7877, Jen here from Team Lyon. In case you're new around here, I wanted to let you know that Irene has a New Here? page. Here's a link in case you want to check it out: irenelyon.com/new-here/
Does anyone know who does cranial/sacro therapy for trauma in the portland metro area?
This info is all included in Louisa Hay's book - "You can Heal your Life" published in 1984.
@vickimann3262
11 ай бұрын
Yes, and being pissed off gets you a UTI. I am a living example of that.
Thanks
4:58 makes sense
thanks
Trauma causes stomach and gut issues, chronic Inflammation which causes autoimmune issues, chronic pain and unending depression/anxiety.
Thank you for the video. i'm currently under stress in my apartment because noise unstopping start from first thing in morning from the neighbour, and i can feel i am less engage from body and breath, because stress is painful. How should i do in this case. Should i keep feel the stress and emotions like anger, but not expressing them out? After read your pdf , i got guidelines of how to stop everything and pay attention on sensations. but what is optimal to regulate my stress in this situation, everyday repeating noise that stress me lot? I can't move out right now, wish i could, but cannot
@TheMijas07
10 ай бұрын
Can so relate. Sorry you are going through this horrible stress with neighbours. Hope and pray that it gets better for you x
Would like to watch the long video you mentioned on Facebook, do you have a link please?
@IreneLyon
11 ай бұрын
@rachelyoung7859, see if this is what you're looking for: facebook.com/watch/live/?ref=search&v=840920272995285 - Jen from Team Lyon
Not listening to our bodies is the original sin of humanity
@peacenholiness6855
10 ай бұрын
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