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When emotional material becomes too intense for creative expression

I want to create work about my family trauma but every time I start moving those memories my chest tightens and I have to stop

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The body's protective mechanisms can prevent the artistic processing of significant psychological material.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Dance and movement as creativity?”

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