I’ve been doing a lot of Trauma Release Exercises over the past few months, and it’s been an incredibly powerful process.

It’s also been really exhausting.

It’s not the actual exercises themselves that are exhausting - it’s the emotional release process that’s been draining me, physically as well as mentally.

Many people do Trauma Release Exercises regularly and find them just mildly relaxing.

So why have I been holding on to so much trauma? What traumatised me in the first place?

In this podcast episode I discuss the dangerous and scary childhood illness that traumatised me repeatedly between the ages of 2 and 4 years old. I’ll also discuss some of the flashbacks that I’ve had over the years.

Please be assured that this is not about self-pity! I know that hundreds of millions of people experience trauma that’s just as bad, or much worse than what I went through. For me it’s more about self understanding, and understanding more widely about the effects of trauma and the trauma release process.

Memories of traumatic events, especially repeated, complex trauma, can be very distorted. I consider myself very lucky in that the events of my illness were recorded in detail, and also that I had the loving support of my family while I was experiencing them.

For full details, listen to the audio - there is also a transcript available.

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