Feel better without disclosing the details of past trauma.

Have you ever thought about how memories are recalled when triggered by your senses? Sight, hearing, taste, smell and touch can all trigger memories of a past time and place. The stimuli activates the memory and the memory activates the emotion. For example the smell of laundry might remind you of your granny, or a song might remind you of an old flame. These memories can activate positive and negative emotions. Activated emotions like joy, happiness, sadness, anger, fear, panic, grief and guilt are often felt just as intensely as when they were first experienced at a time in the past.

At times of deep destress, trauma and shock these memories and emotions may be so painful that the body decides to suppress them in an attempt to protect the individual from the pain, to help them cope and return life back to some form of normality.

In the short term repressing memories can be beneficial however long term they are linked with anxiety, depression, post traumatic stress, adrenal fatigue and totally unrelated fears or phobias months and even years later.

Negative events and circumstances happen to everyone, but how individuals cope is unique to each person.

Some have the natural resilience to reflect, process and heal by themselves. Some repress memories, others may choose to go to the doctor or self medicate if they are experiencing chronic stress, fearfulness, flashbacks, difficulty sleeping, mood swings, headaches, heart palpitations, low appetite, nausea or panic attacks.

The good news is that it is possible to recover holistically, to think about the past without the emotional connection, improve your energy levels and your mental, emotional and physical health. And it is possible under the supervision of your doctor to reduce medication.

If you have experienced a traumatic event and the fear that you might have to retell your story to someone else is stopping you from getting help then I want you to know It is possible to feel better without disclosing the details of past trauma. There are holistic therapies that work with the conscious, subconscious and emotions to help you to release emotions that are trapped in the body without the need to talk about the event. You can learn interventions that allow you to release your own blocked negative emotions and help you to overcome panic, fear and anxiety.

These therapies are also effective for children who have experienced trauma who don’t want to talk but are obviously struggling with their emotions.

Amanda Roe is a trauma therapist and mind coach. She uses a range of holistic therapies to help clients to improve their physical, mental and emotional health. For more information or to book a session call/text 087 6331898 or email amanda@marketstclinic.com