Your own personal transformation in recovery is ongoing, and you should be proud of what you have survived and who you have become. Many of us are aware of the trauma that we have experienced when we start out on our recovery journey; others only uncover or identify it after we have worked with a therapist or other practitioner for some time.
As we look back and begin to interpret and understand our experience, we finally understand that the numbing out with substances or behaviors was to quiet the internal voices that told us we were damaged, defective, unworthy of being cared for, and worse. Engaging in somatic therapy is one of the best ways to understand and heal our trauma.
Talk therapy is important, but our body holds on to traumatic memories too. Have you worked with a somatic therapist?
Somatic therapies focus on the feedback loop that continually runs between the mind and the body. Somatic therapy connects the mind and body to facilitate healing.
Some somatic practices include trauma-informed yoga, conscious dance, and other trauma-informed movement modalities. Move your body, heal your past.