Posted by rskontos on December 5, 2007, at 8:36:13
In reply to Re: Somatic Experiencing, posted by elanor roosevelt on December 4, 2007, at 23:06:40
What type of experience is this type of therapy? And why is is a critical issue?
From what I read of his book's blurb on various site I agree with the "Levine points those with deep psychological scars may have dissociated the memory from their minds and are living in a numbed, tnesed body awaiting its release so the body can retun to wholeness and optimum mental and physical health. The author asserts that psychological wounds are reversible and that healing comes when the physical and mental letting go occurs, similar to the way a tiger experiences the coming and going of threat, tensing in response to danger, and the threat passes, the tiger's muscles shake, twitch and let go right then an dthere the fear related energy is forever out of mind and body, Truma is stored energy that must be released". I wonder why we can't let go of it like a tiger. I mean I know we aren't like a tiger but it must be so nice to be able to let go like that and not carry around those threats all the time. But his part of the numbed tensed body is what I relate to....I have done that. But if the therapy involves touch I would not be able to do it now. I am so not into that. Guess I need it as I didn't get it as a child and dissociated so much all the time my memories of childhood are locked away from me. It is also interesting to hear what therapies believe you need to get to these locked memories and which so no you dont. What does this therapy system think. Just wondering. Thanks for any information anyone has. rk
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