How To Release Trauma Stored In The Body
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It’s true that your body holds emotions that cause physical pain. In this video, I tell you how to release trauma stored in the body so you can heal pain, stress and tension and become more of who you actually are.
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-- How To Release Trauma Stored In The Body --
For a long time, our medical system has separated out mental health from physical health. If you’re stressed and anxious, you see a therapist.
If your back hurts, you see a sports medicine doctor or a surgeon.
But what about back pain that’s caused by anxiety? And vice versa?
That’s right -- the tension in your muscles isn’t just random. Muscle tension is often caused by stress and tension or emotions stored in the body.
This makes trauma recovery therapy difficult when only thoughts are addressed and your body is left out of the picture. For complete trauma healing, it’s important to include somatic therapy practices that discharge stored stress in your nervous system that is at the root of a lot of muscle tension, pain, anxiety and depression.*
Watch this video for more details about how the emotions in your muscles cause pain and tension and how to release trauma stored in the body.
*Note: This video is not intended to suggest body based practices as a substitute for medical treatment by a licensed therapist or physician, but rather as adjunct self-care. The viewer is advised to seek medical clearance from a licensed doctor before beginning this or any other movement or exercise-based program.
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Tell me, did this explanation of how trauma impacts your nervous system bring about any ah-has for you? Curious how this landed! Leave me a comment and let me know.
Is there any way to connect to you, whatever you have explained in this video. How can we opt for such programs?
I'd like to work with you, but the link on your website seems to be broken! This video so great. Thank you
This was truly life transformational! Your presentation delivery is incredibly efficient, easy to absorb and easy to apply. Thank you immensely!
Thankyou for this video♡
you explained how trauma impacts my nervous system, which was very helpful. however, the name of the video was how to release stored trauma in your body. disappointed that you did not do what was advertised...
I appreciate the fact that you mentioned that jobs and burnout is a trauma. I have been studying, reading, searching, all I can about stress depression etc..and sometimes I feel not validated because I’m not a war veteran, haven’t been physically abused etc…I only started to malfunction following the unjust loss of a job that meant a lot as social status for my family and all the other problems that job loss entails, and started to feel like a failure. All my issues started then. And I know it’s been traumatic for me, but most of the times things like this are not recognised as being serious enough to be called trauma. I’m trying to heal. Or life is not alright.
Thank you for sharing 🙏 it's been the same since my job burnout and a struggle to get back "on track". I tried all sorts of therapies until I realized my body was stuck in a kind of ptsd mode and so easily overwhelmed and triggered into high states of stress, even years later. I think learning to reset the nervous system might just be a more sustainable solution to burnout trauma 💪good luck !
What you describe is serious and it is real trauma. Don't let anyone tell you otherwise.
Modern life is stressful. Trauma is trauma no matter where or how it originates. I also have had to accept the traumas I experienced which were not what most videos mention. Hugs to you x😊
Was hoping for a more specific "how to" like the title suggests. I've been finding some relief in throwing full body tantrums ❤️
I wish it were as simple as step one, step two, but alas, not so much. It really comes down to creating the felt sense of safety in your body. There are many facets to such a process.
Try qi gong. Especially presented by Lee Holden.. he's on you tube too
I turn off the lights and sit in the dark for 30 seconds, (afraid of the dark) telling my mind i am safe and learning to feel it with my body. Also, the anxiety meditations on youtube is something i am trying as well. If you have any other tricks let me know ❤
Sukie Baxter - Whole Body Revolution can you talk about how start keep feeling safe within the body specially if you’ve been feeling disconnected
@@nancyappleby274 thank you xoxo
this is the best explanation video i have seen online . thank you
What an informative video.
I Have Lots Of Stress Anxiety And Grief Stuck In Body 😔 Due To My Father's Sudden Death
Hope This Works
I’m so sorry to hear that, Pritam. Holding space for your healing.
Trying to over come ptsd and anxiety. I’m watching your videos, and just started the stretch stuff you show.
Great! I'm glad you're here, Michael Bruce.
And how’s that working out for you Michael? 🤷♂️
@@t0nym0ntana17 I’ve done it a few times. I’m not having the bad tension in my neck like I was. I’m going to keep doing this and see what happens 😁
would love to know the reference for the FMRI reference for the burnout and childhood trauma
What does it mean when you do this and you become nauseous and dizzy?
OH MY GOD 😭😭 IVE BEEN TRYING TO PUT IT INTO WORDS FOR ALMOST TWO YEARS. Thank you this was so helpful. I’ve healed most of my trauma which reflects in how I feel in terms of depression and anxiety. However, The last, and hardest step, has been showing my brain that I don’t need to be guarded.
My body tries to stay in a state of being constantly guarded for fear of trusting that things are okay. This manifests in my chest getting tight regularly (which makes my breathing shallow), thinking of worst possible scenarios in any situation, and sensory overload as my conscious thoughts butts heads with my programmed trauma.
I’ve made insane progress with my Traumas through Personal Development, Books (audio books too) exercise and healthy nutrition, reflection, positive affirmations, healthy morning routines/ rituals, deep inner work through meditation and intentional thought, journaling, and surrounding myself with more positive individuals (also cutting off toxic people)
I truly hope this benefits anybody currently struggling to heal from their traumas. ❤️
I can feel you bro
Glad to hear that! What helped you the most and which books can you recommend?
try EMDR certified therapist- it has a way of integrating the trauma cognitivel where you can change and live a fuller life
This is a very lovely explanation of how trauma affects the body, mind, and soul. But the title - “How to release trauma stored in the body” - does not match the video content, and seems very click bait-y. I was interested in delving further into this channel and this woman’s offerings, but this method of using a misleading Clickbait title to drive traffic to a business website feels disingenuous and unethical. It feels particularly inappropriate for someone who purportedly wants to help people heal.True healers are authentic and honest in their approach.
Uhm she is honest.. She literally suggested a free link in her video for further help because she can't explain it all in one video like this.
@@swordsnorchids1997 the link leads to a sales pitch - I appreciate Susie , but the above comment are in line & the video has no suggestions on how to manage any trauma as the title implies
Listen more carefully. I completely disagree. Trauma is a unique topic. By defining what trauma is she’s given us simultaneously the solution. The solution is to use sensory-based somatic-type exercises. Or rather the approach is not psychological but physical for clearing traumas. And lastly, the point that she is trying to make a buck off any this videos and using some marketing techniques to do so is banal,. Lastly lastly, her content unbelievable, don’t kill the message with the messenger
Sukie has a lot of "how to" content out there, and it's very helpful. It's also free to you or anyone else. I'm intrigued how you feel that a "true healer" somehow can make a living differently from the rest of the world. Can she put food on the table by osmosis? Is her work or expertise worth nothing? Everything should be free to you or she's being unethical? It feels particularly inappropriate to write this kind of review because you think she should work for free or not have a practice where people can actually go for additional help.
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Therapy in a nutshell Emma McAdadam It’s helped a lot.
Uuuhhhh the video’s called “how to...” did I miss the part where you explain how to?
Exactly
Oh thanks I won’t watch this tonight lol I was planning on it
You did. It’s about calming the body and making your body feel safe before you attempt to resolve trauma in the mind. Immediately attempting to jump head first in deep (often repressed) inner wounds will result in panic attacks/overall trigger many trauma responses you may have. It’s why attempting to make yourself feel comfortable and safe, especially going off of how your body feels, prior to the inner dive will help release trapped trauma stored in the nervous system.
My thoughts exactly! Click bait to make money I guess 🤷🏼♀️
Check out some of her other videos. She has some very helpful and soothing exercises.
As someone who lives in constant survival mode from childhood trauma, this was a very nice video to watch. I've recently started doing Feldenkrais lessons on youtube and they've been a life saver. It very much speaks to what you said about connecting with your senses. Even still, it's a constant battle everyday to keep reconnecting with myself and break out of that zombie state......
Hey Joe, I'm glad you've found your way into embodied healing work. It sounds like you are well on your way out of trauma states. Yes, this work can take dedication and repetition, but with time, you will be building new neural pathways that will become stronger and more dominant, and you will likely find that eventually you are able to maintain nervous system regulation without a lot of extraneous effort. Big hugs and welcome to the community here.
Thanks for mentioning Feldenkrais, I’m surprised that I’ve never come across this before but obviously need this.
This is so much easier to do the first steps on the healing road through a very special relationship with a competent therapeut.
We are highly social animals and our body's and brain's functions are relational.
A "very special relationship" the therapeutic one: It has helped me enormously personaly.. (including of course the body-approach among other approaches) Body-mind is o.n.e
Music have saved me from dying cause of my childhood trauma. Only my violin can calm me and heal me. No medicine ever worked.
Prayers and fasting will heal you, only God heals. He is healing me from bipolar disorder, CPTSD and disassociation caused by childhood trauma through a trauma prayer by Jim Banks, you can get here on TH-cam. Don’t stop until you are completely healed. I pray more than 2 times a day and I’m starting to feel better
one way that I learned how to shift emotions is from teal swan 'how to heal the emotional body' youtube video and she said to "imagine the feeling all around you, that feeling which is negative or stuck" and do this until the EMOTION SHIFTS. . its as if you need to completely feel it (thus imagining it all around you) until the emotion shifts and then you get to the next feeling and it literally gets better and better as you reintegrate back to your childhood whole emotional self
Yesssssss
Why do all supposedly releasing trauma from the body videos spend 99 percent of the video talking about how trauma gets trapped in the body and 1 percent at the end telling you how to release it?
I have been looking into trauma passed through genetics for years, I was so happy to just hear you mention this.
I’m glad you found your way here, Benszen!
Wim hoff method is best..and its free
I agree! Our ancestors pass down unhealed trauma.
Hi Benszen. It is true. Traumas, and also behavioural and food habits are passed on through generations. I discovered that since I have been living in many different places.
@@nonofyebiz1868 is it true??
Age 77 and have lived my life with retained trauma since childhood. Then added trauma seven years ago after a terrible betrayal. Result chronic pain, depression and lack of motivation and joy. I have given up apart from one saving grace, animals. Love your videos.
May I suggest you look into and maybe try out
“The Body Code” and or the “Emotion Code” by Dr Bradley Nelson look him up here on yt he has a ton of free videos and 2 great books
I love it so much bc you don’t even have to relive your traumas, and it helps you actually remove traumas that have been stuck in your body, including inherited traumas, and how to remove a heart wall if you’ve developed one to keep you safe from heartbreak and deep emotional connections but it also tends to keep you from finding love and a healthy loving partner!
Good luck hope it helps you find the healing you are seeking and relief you truly deserve!
P.s. yes it helps with physical pain and physical illnesses as well! As you probably know illnesses or dis-eases as the name suggests are connected to emotional discomforts, in other words all those countless unprocessed traumatic experiences we repressed, stuffed down, and carried on, come back to haunt us later in life…until they are properly dealt with and healed…
“Emotions buried alive never die” they fester and often manifest themselves as mental and physical conditions/illnesses/aches/pains/emptiness etc
TH-cam Michael A Singer ❤
77? I'm 72 and the lack of joy is awful. I figured I was the oldest person to have not found a way to "fix" this. Peace to you❤
My sister died Nov 2019 and I was so sad I couldnt breathe at night and the tailbone pain I had got waaaaay worse. I couldnt even sit down. What has helped me is reducing inflammation i stopped eating sugar and carbs. Also stopped eating inflammatory processed foods . It has helped me a lot. Also for months i cried nearly every night. The more I read the bible and express my pain to God the more i heal. There is a scripture about him healing the brokenhearted.
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My heart goes out to you 💜. I found doing for others relieved the focus on pain and loss. I isolated and now I’m reaching out. Courses etc making plans w people. I hope you didn’t pull back like I did. 💗💗💗💜 be kind to yourself.
So sorry for your loss.
This is one of, if not THE BEST explanation on trauma that I have ever heard...
and I've watched a lot of videos about the subject. Thank you for making this! And I also love your name, lol.
Well thank you, Zack. I'm so glad that you found it helpful. And welcome to this community, I hope to see you around in the coming weeks 🙂
I agree I also heard dr joe dispensa Explaining how our bodies becomes the mind of the emotions .
I've been practicing Qigong for a few years and it's really helped me.
Please can you tell me how it’s helped in terms of trauma/anxiety etc 🙏
Any resources you've got like videos?
How do you release the trauma? Your video title doesn’t fit your content.
Wonderful explanation but you don’t tell how to remove but rather what’s happening and why...kinda click bait😞
Absolutely spot on. As someone with cptsd caused by a lifetime of abuse from a very narcissistic mother I am coming to realize the futility of cognitive therapy. Thanks Suki for your brilliant gift! You are a live saving breath of fresh air.
Ditto. 🖤
Double ditto....also cptsd from same cause.
We are blessed to have MORE than cognitive therapy, which is good but so limited. So very very fortunate to live in this day and age and have Such better options.
Thank You Suki❤️
DBT helped me more than CBT as did trauma therapy, magnesium spray with arnica,, cold pressed castor oil with rosemary and eucalyptus added to gently rub on (followed by a lavender scented lotion gently) and inner centering/mindfulness, followed by stretching has helped me the most. Dietary changes too. Like it's such an in depth process.
I have had a dull pain in my chest for years. It was getting worse and I was getting worried about the small but incremental intensity of the pain. I meditate everyday and this keeps me in contact with my body. I went into a quiet room and spent some time feeling the pain and thinking why I had it. The cause suddenly revealed itself to me. I heard myself silently say...trapped grief. My grandmother, who I loved deeply, had a heart attack when I was eight. She was staying with us at the time and she was taken by ambulance from our house and I never saw her again. Upon this realisation of trapped grief I had such a physical release of tension in my chest that it went on for a length of ten minutes or so. It was so cathartic and healing. I am 57 yrs old now and I had carried this trauma with me for 49yrs. I have absolutely no pain now; it just evaporated in that moment. The experience has made me view trauma differently. I think that meditating everyday has given me a more profound understanding of the mind body connection. I find that it helps me to identify the stress build up at and early stage and to mitigate it. I hope others find it useful too. Thank you for making this video and I wish you well.
Thank you for sharing your story. My father died last year and I’ve been dealing with something similar, along with other symptoms. I’ve had two cardiologists tell me it’s anxiety. Would you mind sharing what type of meditation helped you? Any specific teachers, apps, videos? Thank you.
@LaserrSharp
I think the first thing is to completely rule out any medical causes. After that if it is definitely diagnosed as anxiety we have to acknowledge that difference methods work for difference people. I can really only say what worker for me. I just sit quietly concentrating on my in and out breath in my lower stomach two inches below the navel and about four inches inside the body. I started with only two minutes a day and worked up to thirty minutes. Now when meditating all sorts of images and thoughts arise. Just try to let them dissolve and return to the breath. You will have good days and bad days. What is important is that you keep returning and following the breath in and out. Eventually you may burp or just feel a tiny release. This is progress. It is part of the decompression. It's a slow process. I think the cause may be that we feel an intensively negative emotion and freeze and tense around it. We hold it and this holding becomes an effort and we hold it tighter and tighter. This certainly caused my issue. We need to learn that this is life...Good and bad and just try to flow. So easy to say I know but my experience taught me to let go more and more...just to trust life. Life happens anyway and we can't halt it but we can go with it. The thing with meditation is the power comes not from some grand and complicated practice but from the simplicity of repitation. Eventually the blockage is released and we rejoin the flow. The fear is released . This was my experience and my interpretation of what I felt. I hope you find peace, I truly do. I wish you well.
@@JM-jd7yp thank you. Yes I’ve been to two cardiologists and had CT scan, cardiac MRI, ECG, and so on. All clear. I have a question about the location of focus below the naval and inside the body. Is that something that on your own you felt inspired to focus on? Or is it for a specific reason, like chakras or some other reason? I’m open to whatever can help.
This video is very badly titled
The part about generational trauma really resonated with me! I am diagnosed with GAD with dissociation and depression, in every therapy session I've had they always try to pinpoint down where my trauma is, but the truth is I'm not sure. I don't have a " big T" trauma. However, my mother experienced severe trauma in her childhood and she is now almost 60 and still has never really dealt with it. She pushes it all down and just tries to forget it. It would make sense that her trauma could have been passed down to me, and also her paranoia due to her trauma definitely affected how she raised me. It's in no way her fault - she never had anyone to help her process her trauma. After trying traditional therapy I am now trying to seek out more information about somatic pt and releasing stored trauma. I'm 25 and am EXHAUSTED, I ache, my shoulders, chest and neck are always so tight, and my jaw is perpetually clenched and sore. I know I am harboring trauma - I look forward to watching more of your videos and hoping to find some relief
Hi Carly, thanks so much for watching and for sharing your experience. Yes, individual traumas can be passed down, and collective trauma also impacts us. Our current medical model for treating anxiety, depression, etc, puts the onus on the individual with the assumption that we all started out in life on equal footing, perfect and whole. But that’s demonstrably untrue. I hope that you are able to find some healing here in these videos and in this work. Holding space for you 💜
Also check our Irene lyon she worked with Peter levine
Carly, Avoid watching negative shows and news channels. It is all about the mind. Reduce negative thoughts. Your breath is directly related to your mind [brain] causing negative thoughts-anxiety. For a relaxed life sit on a chair, back erect, eyes closed, be still and observe the sensations of your incoming--outgoing breath at the entrance of the nostrils for around 5-10-15 minutes or more. Don’t fight with your thoughts. Slowly negative thoughts will reduce and relax the mind. Deep inhalation-exhalation is not needed. Day or night before sleep sit or lie down and observe your breath. Being still reduces negative thoughts. Make this a permanent daily habit and enjoy life. Best wishes. Shyaaam Sir-Counsellor.,
Also, generational curses are a real thing!
Breathing exercises are miraculous for healing the nervous system and releasing trauma - breathing exercises are a fantastic predecessor to meditation and transcendental, pineal gland activation meditation - it’s consistent practice’s benefits are accumulative 🙏🏻
But HOW TO release teh trauma stored in your body, like your title said???
I’ve always felt like I’ve been traumatized just from going to school, honestly. I’ve always felt like a was a highly sensitive person too, and I’ve kind of shut down my sensitivity from being forced to participate in public life. I remember even wearing a uniform in kindergarten and how that was like an assault to my senses, alone. ( Stockings! *Shaking my fist at the air….) I’m still recovering and I’m glad to know that that “counts” as trauma, (I don’t like that word either.) Can’t wait to find out more, like really how to get rid of it!
Yeah, stockings! 😊 but in all seriousness, I think there is a lot that is traumatizing about school. I never had to wear a uniform but I can only imagine the discomfort.
Tapping/EFT (Brad Yates).
I just discovered you. I did the ear massage and the neck exercises and I feel semi-conscious from amazing relaxation. Where have you been. It's amazing what you teach and unique. I know for a fact that the vagus nerve is my issue and with a massage and neck exercise you managed to discharge my vagus nerve like nothing else. Thank you so much. CPTSD is the issue in me.
I was making popcorn getting ready for "HOW TO RELEASE" part of the video...
Your other video discussing vagal nerve exercises really helped me. I'll be forever grateful to you Sukie. Thank you!
Explanation was OK, but you gave no information on
"how to let go of trauma"
Hey Russell, check out 6:58 where I talk about restoring a felt sense of safety.
That’s because she hasn’t got clue what she’s talking about.
@@SukieBaxter no not really. very inadequate description.
I agree, the title was misleading and totally unfulfilled. She needs to rethink the focus of the video. Ask, Did I do what I promised in the title? She did not! She gave no "how to" instructions, just information about the trauma.
@@MichaelJohnson-lx2dl well put. we'll keep looking elsewhere though, eh?
Thank you. I’ve got the free pain free video there ready to dive into. Like many who have probably found you, I’m unable to work and money for healing has been exhausted and I’m reduced to barely making ends meet. Whilst I appreciate and understand a persons need to make a living whilst helping others, I truly respect those who offer real, actionable advice for free to help people like me.
I feel like dissociation causes us to me way over alert in our heads and detached from the body. I agree that focusing on senses can help this alot. Sometimes its hard to get there tho
You just discribed the state of being I'm in right now and have been for many, many years so perfectly that it almost made me cry. To the outside world it looks like I was getting by ok but I'm feeling dead and hopeless at the inside.
Cubelixa, It is all about the mind. Reduce negative thoughts. Your breath is directly related to your mind [brain] causing negative thoughts-anxiety. For a relaxed life sit on a chair, back erect, eyes closed, be still and observe the sensations of your incoming--outgoing breath at the entrance of the nostrils for around 5-10-15 minutes or more. Don’t fight with your thoughts. Slowly negative thoughts will reduce and relax the mind. Deep inhalation-exhalation is not needed. Day or night before sleep sit or lie down and observe your breath. Being still reduces negative thoughts. Make this a daily habit to have a relaxed life. Best wishes and prayers. Shyaaam Sir. -Counsellor.
Please get some good therapeutic help. My little brother didn’t get help and now it’s too late. You can get better.
I completely agree that the word “ trauma” is bandied around as only related to big experiences, such as war, sexual abuse or violence.
Im watching this again, I saw it yesterday and had my mind blown. I think I’m severely traumatized. I didn’t think I was cause I never had any one extreme thing happen but the accumulations of emotionally intense and difficult and threatening experiences has left me feeling completely paralyzed and exhausted. This video opened up my eyes to what’s happening with me and it’s why I’m gonna look for a trauma-based therapist to work with.
Hi,Maria
May I suggest you look into and maybe try out
“The Body Code” and or the “Emotion Code” by Dr Bradley Nelson look him up here on yt he has a ton of free videos and 2 great books
I love it so much bc you don’t even have to relive your traumas, and it helps you actually remove traumas that have been stuck in your body, including inherited traumas, and how to remove a heart wall if you’ve developed one to keep you safe from heartbreak and deep emotional connections but it also tends to keep you from finding love and a healthy loving partner!
Good luck hope it helps you find the healing you are seeking and relief you truly deserve!
P.s. yes it helps with physical pain and physical illnesses as well! As you probably know illnesses or dis-eases as the name suggests are connected to emotional discomforts, in other words all those countless unprocessed traumatic experiences we repressed, stuffed down, and carried on, come back to haunt us later in life…until they are properly dealt with and healed…
“Emotions buried alive never die” they fester and often manifest themselves as mental and physical conditions/illnesses/aches/pains/emptiness etc
so what exactly helps with letting go of trauma ? it seems very heady and factual but less practical
There’s not a lot of things that can actually help with trauma besides actually realizing what your own trauma was and thinking about it within your own deep soul. You have to realize what caused you the pain and what caused you the heartache. I’ve been having physical trauma in my stomach and it’s been causing me major pain. Thankfully I finally realized what I need to do for myself, I did yoga I drink anxiety tea and I’m having chicken noodle soup. It’s helped out a lot with my anxiety. Taking CBD has also helped me. Sometimes people really get stuck in a situation meaning drugs or people and they cannot get out of it. It’s hard to realize what trauma you actually have until it really hits you. Some people feel physical pain of it and some people feel the mental, I felt the physical.
If it's bad trauma you need professional individualized help. The meditations here on this channel take you thru the process, but a generalised meditation that is on a public channel open to anyone and no individual focus can only go so far.
So... trauma recovery in a nutshell? Find a really well trained psychologist who specialises in trauma!
Here is a list. Remeber there is not one size fits all approach to healing and our wellbeing is all interconnected. A combination of mental, emotional, spiritual and physical approaches can assist you to wholeness.
1. Trauma-focused therapy
2. Somatic experiencing
3. Sensorimotor psychotherapy
4. Mindfulness and meditation
5. Yoga
6. Physical exercise
7. Breathing exercises
8. Bodywork and massage
9. Creative expression
10. Self-care practices
11. Dance therapy
12. Acupuncture
13. Tai chi
14. Progressive muscle relaxation
15. Biofeedback techniques
16. Guided imagery
17. Reiki healing
18. Aromatherapy
19. Nature therapy
20. Journaling
You have a pretty deep understanding of what it is to live in a chronic trauma state. After 10 years of trauma-therapy (a good one indeed), i have come to understand in my daily life how it has shaped perception and judgement... And: my cognitive function! Slow steps on a new road
But when you said "it makes you difficult to feel love" and "to connect to people" i felt a wave of sadness... Because the social environment reacts with "you are self-centered", "selfish" and so on...
Actually trauma is worsened and made impossible to heal spontaneously, through the very ignorance of 99,999 % of people..(and through their own fears and limitations). Luckily they are some specialists that understand something, what a relief, to help starting with the healing. A lifelong task.
I never bingewatch anything but I just caught myself bingewatching your videos they really helped me relaxing! With the help of this and Wim Hof Breathingwork I definitely will let my anxiety go. Thx alot, much love from the Netherlands
This was absolutely ON POINT and really spoke to my soul! I am 32 y.o and have experienced generalised anxiety for as long as I can remember. I recently discovered your channel and am finding it really interesting and helpful already!! Thank you for providing this free and extremely valuable content, I really appreciate you sharing your time and knowledge! Blessings from Wales, UK!! 💚💚💚
Great info and well explained. I found the music unnecessary and intrusive.
Sukie, your understanding of how trauma affects the mind, body, and soul is so appreciated. I feel so alone on my journey of healing a lot of the time because I feel like people just don't understand what I am talking about when I say "I am am having a bad day today to the point where I physically don't feel well, like my body is feeling it too" (I have C-PTSD from childhood trauma and many abusive relationships and such.. it feels neverending at times to be honest) But I really love your videos and I find them so helpful. I wish I could just sit with you and have a tea someday and talk lol. Thank you for your work.. its so important. Please don't stop!!!!!
what is working for you please?
I am sad to hear you say it takes dedication and determination because my person w this kind of zombie making trauma...is too traumatized to have either. the explanation makes sense but without any plan offered for how to approach this, plus the comments on the struggle it can be to shift such a state, this video leaves me feeling disempowered to help, as I am trying to do.
Yes I have gone through that scene:the cure worse than the disease/hard mental focusing on oneself can/and does cause and increase anxiety/ maybe just sit and let the body softly murmur to your consciousness/I.E. Realisation !! -is vastly different from tiring mental exploration
Hey, when I do research or something that involves lots of thinking I get tension in my belly, can TRE resolve this?
I've been looking for the video that teaches a technique to reset by exhaling completely while pushing your palms together as hard as you can, and don't inhale until your in a panic state as if you were going to drown. When you finally inhale is supposed to overwrite old limbic trauma and your mind and body connect the fact that you are in a safe controlled place and can relax.
Anybody know where that video is? I thought it was this one but can't remember and don't want to go through every dang video about the subject to find it.
Thank you for your time and effort in making these brilliant videos. Best wishes from Scotland. :)
Thanks, Duncan! I appreciate you watching!
How about if the world that we do live in is threatening. When one wakes up to the consciousness part that this world isn't exactly a walk through the park and deals with many fraudsters and liars and deceivers that have stolen from our sweat equity which includes and is not limited to taxations and registrations, then how does one deal with that?
you didn't actually talk about how to release trauma which was what I really want to know? Really interesting approach though and love the body/mind connection.
Check out 6:58 where I talk about restoring a felt sense of safety to your body.
That's very little. The title is not reflecting the content
This video did not even explain anything on how to release charm you should change the title
This is a brilliant introduction to such a widespread but poorly understood phenomenon that affects us all. We are carrying around so much that we project outwards. This causes damage to everyone including ourselves. Keen to learn more.
Where do you explain how exactly to release this trauma ? Am I missing something ?
The video is great with information that stands out, just like your other videos! 🧡 I do agree with the comments saying that it would be great if you didn’t speak so fast and I also think, that this specific video should be called Why you should ... and not the misleading How to ...
Ugh. Another misleading title. Most reading this KNOW this already!!
Hi Sukie, thank you for your video :) I just wanted to express that I find it hard to follow everything you are explaining. You are talking very quickly and you give a lot of info. I am noticing that while listening to you I become tensed and distracted. And I feel stupid because I can't keep up with your story. Maybe next video, you could bring the tempo and the amount of info a little bit down. People with PTSD already feel overloaded. Calmness and simplicity are very welcome ;) Kind regards from Amsterdam
Please learn some basic NLP my dear as your use of words to negatively program the listener is needing much attention.
Last year I developed something the doctors are calling “burning mouth syndrome”. I went to bed angry one night because my neighbors were being noisy, there was political unrest, the pandemic had taken away our normal lives, and the hand sanitizer I had just bought to protect myself had been recalled. I woke up that next morning with my mouth hurting so bad. It’s progressed into pain all in my neck and upper back. I’ve begun clinching my teeth, which I guess is from deeply embedded stress. Looking back I feel it’s the trauma of 2020 and this noisy neighborhood I live in.
I’ve started gardening, I feel a sense of calm when I get my hands in the soil and get out in the sunshine. I notice that the stress lightens when I get out in nature. Watching new seedlings poke their leaves up out of the soil brings such joy and satisfaction.
I think the concrete jungles man has created is affecting our well being on deeper levels than we ever realized. We’re meant to have a symbiotic relationship with nature and when we disconnect with that, it is traumatic to our well being. We’ve created a toxic environment in this modern world. Disconnecting from main stream media and growing beautiful flowers and food is a step in this process that I hope brings healing to my body.
The doctors have no idea what’s wrong with me and have no idea how to help me, they’ve thrown one prescription med after another at me. I’m convinced stress, anxiety and trauma from this modern world, especially the “new normal” we’re living in, is the root of my health issues. I’m going to continue on this path of getting back to nature and teaching my body there’s a safe world here somewhere in spite of the craziness going on all around us.
I think you are on to something there and I hope you get to the root of what is causing your health issues. I’m sure clenching your teeth would cause mouth and neck pain over time. I used to do that periodically when I had a stressful job at a call centre. I even damaged my teeth. I think it’s caused by anxiety that stems from feeling like you lack control over your own life, circumstances and environment. I found ashwagandha helped me a lot to calm the brain down. Also acupuncture for neck and headache pain. Sometimes I couldn’t sleep because we have my husband’s parents living in our house and they would have their damn tv on loud at all hours of the day and night, and I’ll tell you, get yourself a high powered fan - it really drowns out extra noise. Doing some stretching exercises like yoga routines might also help release tension you are storing up in your muscles and not realizing it.
@@mjrussell414 Yes, I do feel like I lack control. I was just thinking this last night before I went to bed. I kept thinking I have zero control over all the stressful factors that are affecting me. It gives me a feeling of hopelessness.
I have an elderly dog and he is constantly barking at me to help him get up (he has arthritis) and wakes me up at all hours of the night so I can’t get decent sleep. I love him, so I have to deal with it, but the stress from it all and is aging issues is out of my control.
I have zero control over authority figures deciding to shut the world down. I have zero control over all the noise my neighbors make.
I have zero control over the political unrest. It’s going to be dirty politics whether I like it or not. So I turn off the media completely, the only smidge of control I have.
I’ve never felt this much lack of control in so many negative situations at once. Guess I just can’t handle the weight of it all.
I want to “run away”. But there’s nowhere to escape.
I’m an introvert. Maybe I need to start processing things externally and maybe even scream it out.
The title is How to Release Trauma, but there is absolutely no information on the HOW TO at all.
Even though there was no step by step practice to relieve trauma, what I understood was that connecting your awareness to what your body is feeling is a key element. “Body scan meditation” seems like a way to get in touch.
Body scan meditation is very tricky if dissociated! I'm trying it right now. Sticking with it though.
@@manbearpig7521 Avoid watching negative shows and news channels. It is all about the mind. Reduce negative thoughts. Your breath is directly related to your mind [brain] causing negative thoughts-anxiety. For a relaxed life sit on a chair, back erect, eyes closed, be still and observe the sensations of your incoming--outgoing breath at the entrance of the nostrils for around 5-10-15 minutes or more. Don’t fight with your thoughts. Slowly negative thoughts will reduce and relax the mind. Deep inhalation-exhalation is not needed. Day or night before sleep sit or lie down and observe your breath. Being still reduces negative thoughts. Make this a permanent daily habit and enjoy life. Best wishes. Shyaaam Sir-Counsellor.,
Your video says How to release Trauma stored in the body. But you don’t tell us. You tell us what we know already, that’s why we are here, we want to know how.
Thank you for explaining this! I'm a childhood cancer survivor, and throughout my life there has been so much trauma 😭
Thank you for telling us how trauma becomes stored in the body and how it adversely affects the body. However, like the title suggests, we would have preferred you explain how to actually RELEASE trauma from our bodies. We already know we're storing trauma within our bodies. That's why we're here. We thought you'd show us how to release it. 10:04 later we were mistaken.
6:58 restorer a felt sense of security to your body. How do we do that? How does that help to remove trauma from the body?
So how is it possible for ancestors of slavery or the holocaust able to get rid of double genetic trauma?
You are beautiful both inside and out, Sukie 😊 You can be my online therapist whenever I need you. 😅 Thanks 🙏
THANK YOU!
Nothing else has made more sense than this video!
Yayyyy! I'm so glad to hear that!
That said this video title was misleading but I do see you have many others and you are trying to help people. So why the misleading title for this one?
I am so happy that you are sending this message out. I realized ththat body and mind are the same thing is some time ago, but am having trouble convincing people around me. Yoga-ing myself back out of pain and into equilibrium...
I hear you. Lots of people haven’t quite figured this stuff out but hang in there, it’s coming and I think soon everyone will be talking about it.
*_CLICKBAIT !_*
Wrong video title.
"Matter over mind"...that one phrase...blew my mind! A healthy mind definitely helps your body but it's good to be reminded that it works both ways - great video, thank you!
Why the stupid (and too loud) piano in the background ? What's the use .? Why do you think it is better than silent background ?
I agree - why this distracting and stressing background music ?
I find CST the best form of body tension release. Highly recommend.
What is CST?
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I googled it and didn’t help. Would love to know what CST is? Thanks.
Hey Sukie. Can you make a video of some exercises to realease trauma from the nervous system.
I was really hoping to find some explicit exercises in this video.
Love your work! I've been doing trauma release for myself and clients for many years and I have been through alot of content. Yours is superior! Thanks!
no ways to release trauma just the explanation then why the misleading title.
I agree with this theoretical framework. In terms of the practical, breathwork and somatic breathwork in particular is the most effective tool I’ve found for releasing trauma. It activates the trauma, and then allows it to be released in the presence of an empathetic witness. It’s truly beautiful how healing is effortlessly enabled by the mere empathy of a highly present and supportive witness.
So this was more of an infomercial instead of what the title claims.
Maybe you should change the title into : "10 minutes of theoretical analysis and advertising of ME."
I hoped for more tips how to release stress and less talking about it
Thank you.background music is annoying 😢
Gosh i love ur explanation of trauma, I was diagnosed with panic disorder 20 years ago and have nocturnal panic. Ive been on different antidepressants with too many side effects. I recently found ur videos, your approach to healing seems different.
I'm glad you're here!
32yo suffered for 17 years, you're doing gods work, more beneficial than a doctor x100 thanks.
True, the video is more of an overview or guide than a specific set of actions to release trauma. Nevertheless, it is extremely valuable information. The necessity to reach a state of safety is worth it's weight in gold. I want to learn a great deal more. Thank you so much.
Liar. click bate leading on to another site.
Thank you so much Sukie. I really appreciate your videos and your approach to this topic 🙏🦋!
You are so welcome! Thanks for being here for this conversation!
Music too loud. Cannot hear points.
Really great video to explain how you need to feel safe in the body to recover. I've been saying this for years so its heartwarming to hear you share this.
How are you doing?😊😊
@@jameshurst8529 Avoid watching negative shows and news channels. It is all about the mind. Reduce negative thoughts. Your breath is directly related to your mind [brain] causing negative thoughts-anxiety. For a relaxed life sit on a chair, back erect, eyes closed, be still and observe the sensations of your incoming--outgoing breath at the entrance of the nostrils for around 5-10-15 minutes or more. Don’t fight with your thoughts. Slowly negative thoughts will reduce and relax the mind. Deep inhalation-exhalation is not needed. Day or night before sleep sit or lie down and observe your breath. Being still reduces negative thoughts. Make this a permanent daily habit and enjoy life. Best wishes. Shyaaam Sir-Counsellor.,
Does breathing exercises release trauma?
Sounds good, today's world full of stress...
Indeed.
Explanation is amazing but the title said "HOW". It should be "WHAT" and "WHY". Big difference.
Thanks a bunch for making this video.
I have muscle tension in my thighs since the age of 5. I'm 24 now. And during intense muscle spasms (if that's the right way to describe it) I feel like putting my legs under a road roller. No kidding. My dad has the same issue. And we still haven't figured out what it is because there's no medical issue. Could it also be a sign of trauma?
That's interesting, Mansi. Could be a number of things. If your dad is prone to tension in that area, you might have "learned" to hold your body the same way (we pattern our movement on our parents, caregivers or community). And that could have its roots in some form of trauma, but untangling the story of that is often difficult. It could also be some other, lesser known medical stuff that doesn't often get diagnosed in the usual course of care. Two things that come to mind off the bat are magnesium deficiency (or imbalance -- too much calcium will throw magnesium levels off) or potentially a genetic mutation in the methylation cycle that could be impairing nutrient absorption and assimilation. Both things can be checked with a doc, but you'll need one who specializes in nutrigenomics for the latter.
@@SukieBaxter Wow. Well, I should consult with a doctor in future to figure/rule out the medical roots. Thank you for taking out your time to give an answer that detailed. ❤️
I feel like it’s unfair to give people hope that you will provide answers and then give none - but directing us to your website and needing to give our email to receive any concrete information. That really disappointed me.
I'm at the end of a year long course in bioenergetics and your explanation is absolutely spot on.
This was very informative but understandable. I have been asking for advice and here you are handing me it😅 thank you sooo much💖☺
"Trauma zombifies you, your alive but your not quite fully living" I've recently come to the realisation I'm a zombie, I used to say it without thinking but literally it is what it's like. I haven't been thriving but just surviving. Thank you☺🙌🏻
You also saying trauma can be passed down through the genes, my grandmother, and mother experienced traumatic times but are still oblivious to this day so was I until I went through a traumatic time and it feels like I can feel everything, I feel like I can feel their trauma even though I personally haven't went through it, or really know the ins and outs. That also makes alot more sense now too. Thank you🙏💖
To release trauma all you have to do is identify the traumatic sensation(s) and feel it repeatedly, even intensify it, allowing the spontaneous non-verbal release of emotion by the autonomic nervous system until the traumatic charge dissipates. To release stress all you have to do is feel repeatedly the sensations of conflict caused by what bothers you, allowing autonomic release until they dissipate.
Could you explain this more
@@777DISCIPLE Yes, of course. It might seem difficult to do at first but actually it is very simple. You might consider it as a form of DIY exposure therapy, based on feeling your sensations. Basically, anything that bothers a person, including trauma, causes an inner (emotional) conflict, even if you are not fully aware of it, but it can be identified by feeling the sensations of conflict that are actually produced by perceiving what bothers you. Conflicts produce stress, and emotional trauma produces traumatic sensations, which we interpret as emotional pain. So, traumatic sensations and sensations of conflict are often found in layers, since any traumatic sensation will also produce conflicts, as a psychological defense; so, these conflicts do need to be reduced before the traumatic sensations can be completely reduced, since conflicts block the release of trauma.
A conflict is reduced simply by repeatedly feeling the sensations of conflict produced by what bothers you, feeling them deeply and repeatedly, sustaining them as much as you can, and allowing the spontaneuos non-verbal autonomic release of emotional charge by the autonomic nervous system, until the sensations dissipitate, for example, through crying, moaning, screaming, body motions, accelerated breathing, sweating, etc.; you do this until you no longer feel conflict over the issue. You may make a pause between repetitions for as long as necessary.
In order to reduce a traumatic sensation, simply feel the sensation deeply and repeatedly and sometimes intensify it, sustaining it as long as you can, and do this until you no longer feel pain or discomfort or suffering of any type when feeling the sensation, and if at any point, you feel conflict with the sensation or with its associated perception or with anything else, take a moment to reduce the conflict as explained above and then go back to reduce sensation. You may make pauses between repetitions as you like. Potent intensification of a traumatic sensation may release its traumatic charge impressively fast once its associated conflicts have been reduced.
Before reducing a traumatic sensation or a sensation of conflict, first describe the sensation or conflict precisely, even write it down if you cannot clearly express it in words. But the reduction itself and hence the emotional release should be autonomic, that is, spontanously produced by the autonomic nervous system, and hence without words.
There are two extensions of this method, one is for uncontrollable fear or inescapable shock, and the other one is for guilt, errors and indecisions. I would be glad to share these two as well if needed, but the two above have to be practiced first anyway.
@@vacaloca5575 Okay.. I've been meditating and practicing mindfulness a lot.. Couple of years, on and off. I feel I got a good handle on my mind, to be aware and not get involved in my thoughts if I am careful.
Little backstory, My life has been exactly like what Sukie Baxter described here in this video. I feel disconnected, I feel unable to form close relationships, my creativity has gone, my interests are gone.. I used to be very depressed. Now I am not that, but I also don't feel much. I am. But I don't get engaged or hyped or interested.
In meditation I seem to be stuck in the same place, and have been for long - I notice a sharp sensation in my spine and back, almost like pulsating tightness. - I haven't been able to make this sensation move or go away. But I can't say I have 100% committed either. I sit, and then usually get tired of it and do it some more another day, back to the same thing all over again. If I go on about my day, the sensation will go away. Yet my life won't. I don't know, but only conclusion that seems right is that I am in some way traumatised. No ugly experiences in childhood- I think it might has to do with love. I fell for a girl, and I was shy and insecure. I couldn't express myself, and I got very depressed. I remember this being the time when all my creativity and all my interests went away. And my career in film and writing stories halted. There was no more joy in it.
What can I do? Is it about just continuing sitting with these sensations? Is it a question about just letting time heal them by feeling them, and feeling them and feeling them and doing it until the sensations some how heal? Being patient? I really feel these sensations, I don't layer them with thinking. It is a real body experience.
I can experience crying sometimes. Tears will come often, but they will not be sad, they will feel good. I can get- not tired, but I can yawn a lot, and this too feels nice. In a way. It feels like stuff coming out of my system in a way.
It feels like this is what I am supposed to do. It feels real, correct. As opposed to trying to be creative and write, which feels dead and not authentic.
Sitting feels authentic, but also haven't progressed very much. I get the same sensation in the spine and back. Hard to describe, but tightness seems right. Pointy feelings of tightness.
@@Fnelrbnef You seem to be talking about physical sensations, not mental sensations. Therefore, your problem is problably not emotional, but physical. Have you seen a chiropractor for your back? How old and how healthy are you?
One of the best ways to differentiate between physical sensations and mental sensations, if necessary, is to do a short fast or a deep detoxification of the body including intestinal cleansing, as doing this gets rid of most, if not all, physical sensations produced by physiological blockages.
We often get obsessed or overwhealemed with the opposite of what we need to do and remain stuck for ever. If someone is obsessed with emotion, it is usually because the body needs healing, and if someone is obsessed with the body, it is usually because the emotions need healing.
@@vacaloca5575 My body is fine. I'm very healthy and I've got no aches or problems in that way. In normal day to day my body works fine. I'm 32.
I think what I "have" might be an energetic blockage or something. It comes up whenever I meditate. I don't know if this is your area, but you seem to know something about trauma. I do have some issues with emotional attachment. I can feel quite distant and uninterested in things and people in general. So close personal relationships is not on the table. It feels like I am emotionally unavailable. If that makes sense.
So I speculate that maybe my body might hold some past trauma or a block or something. This sensation when I meditate strikes me as what an emotional block would feel like, at least. But I don't really know.
Interesting things you say though. I could try a fast ofc. Maybe there is just a plain physical thing I need to deal with. My everyday mind, I seem to have got a handle on. However there is always the unconscious mind. I still have things there. My dreams make that quite clear. They seem to be about emotional bonds, being playful, my "real me" etc.
For anyone else frustrated by this sales pitch masquerading as compassion and teaching: some steps for release is to become more present in your body. Some ways of doing this:
- find a moment of quiet and spend time scanning your body and becoming aware of sensations;
- with awareness of your breathing, see if you feel any areas of tightness or constriction, breathe into these areas or gently massage;
- when moving over areas of tightness try coupling this with vocalisations, for example sounding 'VOO' will stimulate your vagus nerve and calm your nervous system.
- stretching common areas of tightness (a la Reich's theory of armouring) levator scapula, traps, middle back, psoas & hip flexors.
Some reading that is relevant, and that this person is clearly influenced by: Polyvagal (Steven Porgess), In An Unspoken Voice (Peter Levine) & Bioenegetics (Wilhelm Reich & Alexander Lowen). Anyone who speaks with the level of fluency that Sukie does on the deep interconnection between mind and body knows and can supply some of these basic exercises, especially when creating a 'How To' video. The absence of any kind of practical advice here makes this video, in my opinion, a sales funnel instead of an offering of value.
WOW. I’ve been obsessed with trauma & polyvagal theory the last year and have read + listened to a lot of information on this subject. But this is - hands down - the most comprehensive and easily understood explanation I’ve ever come across. Thank you! ⭐️
My hip dislocated when I was 13
I needed surgery pins in at 13. Pins out at 14. They were really screws. At 15 I had slight arthritis. By 33 I was bone on bone. By 38? Total hip replacement. I'm 47 now.
Fear is trapped in my sI joint abd my hips. I fear falling since I feel down and slipped on grass that was wet
...that fall at 13? My childhood ended
No more roller skating. No more skate boarding at 13. I went into deep depression & grief over the loss ofmy choldhood
This was a really good overview of our bodies and trauma. I'm a life coach who works with people who have experienced trauma and I'm considering becoming trained and/or certified in one of the modalities that are used for releasing trauma. Is there a specific course or training you recommend that would assist me in helping my clients with releasing trauma? I am also a survivor of trauma and though I feel like I have healed emotionally and psychologically in most ways, I struggle with chronic health issues and chronic pain. I believe that I may have undischarged trauma that needs to be processed.
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Thank you for specifically mentioning generational trauma. Most of my childhood trauma is just from sensory processing issues, but my mother's family has a legacy of physical and sexual abuse going back at least 100 years according to the family historians. My kids and I were born with trauma responses that make zero sense unless it's from generational trauma because none of us have ever been abused.