My partner and I both started EMDR therapy after our car accident, but we're processing the trauma so differently - they're having intense body memories while I'm mostly dissociating, and we can't figure out how to be present for each other when our nervous systems are in completely opposite states.
More people experience this than they realize.
Two people healing from shared trauma are discovering that their bodies hold and release pain in fundamentally different ways, creating distance when they most need connection.
“Where Are You with Somatic approaches to psychological healing?”
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