11/06/2025
Let's talk about preverbal trauma...preverbal trauma is stored entirely in the body. It doesn’t exist as a story we can tell it lives in the nervous system..in our muscles.. in our breath.. and in how we move through the world..
With permission, I want to share a client’s story keeping his identity anonymous. He came to me with severe body pain, anxiety, depression, and a constant sense of panic. As we worked with somatic integration, we uncovered something profound: as a baby, he was alone, hungry, and scared. When he cried, nobody came. When he reached out for comfort, there were no arms to hold him, no voice to soothe him, no presence to protect him. Imagine the tiny body, trembling, chest tight, desperate to be seen, heard, and safe and finding nothing but emptiness. Eventually this neglect led to his mother losing custody but that terror and that helplessness never left him and his body carried it for decades.
After just a couple of sessions, he called me to say he feels so much better. It’s as if his body finally let out a huge sigh of relief and the panic and anxiety that had been with him forever began to lift....
His story is a powerful reminder that our bodies hold memories. To truly heal, we often need to meet it where it actually exists...in the body. 💚
