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Why Healing Can Feel Dangerous to the Body

I throw up every morning before seeing my therapist, even though I like her and the sessions help me.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The nervous system may resist therapeutic progress when vulnerability feels life-threatening to protective mechanisms formed in childhood.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“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.