My husband and I both started having panic attacks after our car accident six months ago, but his show up as chest pain and mine as digestive issues, and we're not talking about how scary it is to watch each other's bodies react to trauma we both lived through.
More people experience this than they realize.
Shared trauma creates parallel but different physical manifestations, and the silence around witnessing each other's bodily distress compounds the original wound.
“Where Are You with Somatic symptoms — when the body holds the mind?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.