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When trauma disconnects you from bodily needs

I cannot tell if I am hungry or full or need to use the bathroom and I feel disconnected from all my body signals.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Chronic nervous system activation has disrupted interoceptive awareness, making it difficult to recognize and respond to basic physiological cues and needs.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Trauma in the body — somatic approaches?”

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