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When Your Body Censors Your Inner Voice

My hands go numb whenever I try to write in my journal, but they work fine for everything else.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Physical shutdown of self-expression suggests deep terror about what truths might emerge if given voice.

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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.