My best friend and I started doing somatic experiencing together but she keeps trying to fix or coach me when I'm in activation instead of just witnessing and I can't figure out how to tell her it's making things worse without hurting her feelings.
More people experience this than they realize.
Two people practicing somatic work together are mismatched in their understanding of holding space versus intervening during nervous system activation.
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