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When grief lives in your body and won't let go

My shoulders feel like concrete blocks and my doctor says nothing is physically wrong but I can barely turn my head and it started right after my dad died three months ago.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Unprocessed grief is manifesting as physical tension because emotions need embodied expression to complete their cycle.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

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

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