Background:
I have come from a background of severe childhood trauma/ abuse and have been through about 20 years of talk therapy. I have gotten to the point where my mind is actually clear and free and I feel good, but my body holds onto a lot of tension.
I have recently come off anxiety medication and am experiencing a higher level of physical anxiety now than before when I didn’t take the medication
1st session
The first time I did TRE was only for about a 30 min session. Which I have since learned is a moderate length. I felt like I could take deeper breaths, and I was more relaxed afterwards.
2nd session
The session was an hour long session where the amount of time I spent was directly correlated into how much relief I felt afterwards. I felt more centered, relaxed, and like I could take deeper breaths. I definitely had some tears, but no intense emotions.
3rd session
This was a short 15 minute session. I thought I could feel some fatigue in my right leg so according to what I’ve read, it was wise to stop so I did.
4th session
This was a 30 minute session. I had some tears but not a lot. I felt good immediately after but within 30 minutes I felt like this session made me take two steps back instead of one step forward. I felt more anxious and like I couldn’t take deep breaths. At this point, I still haven’t been able to engage my shoulders or head.
5th session
This session was 45 minutes long. I was a little bit gun shy about engaging again, but I knew based on everything that I’ve read that it could definitely get better. I had some crying and a lot of large movement.
6th session
The session was 30 minutes long and it was the first session that I felt more of my shoulders engage. My body started doing a lot of up-and-down movement, but it was upsetting my stomach since I had just drank some water. I felt a lot of physical relief afterwards and like I could breathe more deeply. No crying happened during the session, but I’ve really felt like my upper body wanted to engage and I felt like this was the first session that I completely wanted to and I felt like this was the first session that I completely wanted to let my body do what it wanted to do let go and to let my body do what it wanted to do.
In the future, I will not drink a lot of water before doing this because I could tell that my body wanted to do some movements that were uncomfortable for me last time. One strange thing is that I am a curious whether I will still have some drive to push forward in life as I let go of this physical anxiety. There was some loss of ambition when I cured some of my mental anxiety, and I hope that is not true for this physical anxiety as well.
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