02/12/2025
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(Trigger warning ⚠️)
I will post what the artical said - ( for Instagram, as the link won't work via crossposting) - under my response/ comment ...
Comment by Kinesiologist Cassandra :-
This 100% makes sense.
Another " Get to know us" style post, via this share -
The amount of therapy sessions that I (Kinesiologist Cassandra ) have had to do with Kinesiologist Hudson & on myself; around my teeth & dental trauma & my DV, abuse & SA / R🛑pe trauma .... Is A lot...
And the correlation is correct.
Trauma & emotions are held in your body, your energetic field & subconscious...
This is quiet legitimately one of our therapy business's niche... Emotions and Metaphysical Kinesiology - Helping guide & to release - heal that trauma, the triggers & emotions et al.
Have you experienced this?
Can you relate?
Contact us, we can help you.
I (Cassandra) can also let you know who my trauma informed dentist clinic is..
I can also get the information & contact details for a holistic dental practitioner
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Something I learned today: it is shockingly common for sexual-trauma survivors to fear the dentist.
I honestly thought I was “unaffected” by my r**es.
They don’t haunt me. I don’t get emotional thinking about them. Sadly my brain has been programmed to think they are just a normal part of being a woman. They’ve always just been something horrible that happened to me, and it sucked, but I survived and kept moving like most women do.
UNTIL my last dental visit.
I’ve always hated the dentist, but this one was extra spicy. As two people held my mouth open and tried to pry a tooth from my jaw, I genuinely thought something was going to break. They ignored my moans and flinches. My brain started screaming: “Run. Run. RUN.”
I tried to reason with myself. "You’re an adult. Adults get dental work. You’re just scared."
But my body wasn’t buying it.
My skin started crawling.
I felt helpless.
Someone was doing something to my body that I didn’t like, and I had zero control.
The only option I felt I had was to lie still and let them finish.
I cried after the appointment. I felt like throwing up.
In those last few minutes while multiple student dentists took turns trying to yank that stubborn tooth, my brain was yelling the word “r**e.”
Then I immediately shamed myself:
"You’re being dramatic. You’re insulting actual r**e survivors (yourself included). Stop it."
But the feeling wouldn’t go away.
I didn't tell anyone the comparisons my brain was making for fear of sounding crazy.
Was I assaulted by a dentist?
No. Absolutely not.
But can our bodies tell the difference between “I am trapped while someone hurts me and I can’t stop it” in one context versus another?
Also no.
And once I started looking into it, I learned how common this reaction is for trauma survivors, especially survivors of sexual abuse or assault. Dental procedures can mirror the same core sensations:
Being pinned or unable to move
Not being able to speak
Pain you can’t stop
Someone leaning over you
Loss of control
Feeling like an object instead of a person
Waiting for it to be over
Your body remembering things your brain thought it forgot
All of those can trigger the exact trauma circuits that activate during an assault.
I’ve felt crazy ever since that appointment until tonight, when I finally learned the truth. I’m not alone. I’m not dramatic. This is actually very common for survivors and honestly? More people should know this.
Tonight I also learned that trauma-informed dentists exist, dentists who are trained to work with survivors, explain every step, listen to stop-signals, and actually treat you like a human being instead of a mouth in a chair.
I had no idea that was even a thing.
