12/03/2026
𝗠𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝘂𝘀 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗹𝘆 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗰𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝗲𝗺𝗼𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻’𝘁 𝘄𝗲𝗹𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲.
We may have been told we were overreacting, or that we were too sensitive.
Sometimes it was more subtle than that.
We simply didn’t see emotional expression being modelled around us, so feeling and expressing emotion didn’t feel like a safe thing to do.
Where many people find themselves as adults, where I once found myself too, is that emotions start to feel very big and overwhelming.
There can be a real fear of actually experiencing them.
From a somatic perspective, this often happens because emotions have been pushed down or held back for a long time.
When we work with the nervous system, we begin teaching the body something new: that emotion is safe, acceptable, and even welcome.
Emotion is simply part of being human.
Joy. Excitement. Sadness. Anger. Fear. Frustration. Grief.
There isn’t anything wrong or right about experiencing these emotions. They’re simply part of being alive.
As the body learns it’s safe to feel, something shifts.
Old emotion that has been held in the system begins to move through, and over time emotions stop feeling so intense or overwhelming.
They come and go like waves.
Not because we’re suppressing them again, but because they’re finally allowed to be felt.
𝗜𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗼𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂’𝗿𝗲 𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀, 𝘆𝗼𝘂’𝗿𝗲 𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝘄𝗲𝗹𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗷𝗼𝗶𝗻 𝗺𝘆 𝗰𝗼𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗮𝗶𝘁𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝘃𝗶𝗮 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗸 𝗶𝗻 𝗺𝘆 𝗯𝗶𝗼. 𝗜’𝗹𝗹 𝗯𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗼𝘂𝗰𝗵 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘅𝘁 𝘀𝗽𝗮𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗻.
