Trauma isn’t always what you think. Any situation in our childhood that results in our needs not being can be traumatic. The mind and body create a stress response when a traumatic situation occurs. This memory and stress response becomes part of our identity. A lifetime of unconscious visitation of this memory creates wear and tear on the body. Repressed emotions can create a physical manifestation of their continual presence.

Society teaches us to repress our emotions. Trauma is a sudden shock to the system. Animals instinctively release trauma by vigorous shaking. Human store trauma as memories throughout the body. Thousands of years of evidence points to emotional pain causing physical pain sensations. The pain is real, but there may not be a physical cause. Self-awareness is the first step to releasing unhealthy repressed emotions.

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Chronic Pain Sufferers Have Much Higher Rates of Trauma Chronic pain sufferers report high rates of trauma compared to people with out chronic pain. When compared to the general population, people with chronic pain tend to have at least double the rates of trauma in their past. Chronic pain sufferers are often traumatized by their medical providers Repressed emotions and trauma might be the cause of your pain. If you have gone the traditional medical route and not found the results you are looking for, maybe its time to try something else. Walker, E. A., Keegan, D., Gardner, G., Sullivan, M., Bernstein, D., & Katon, W. J. (1997). Psychosocial factors in fibromyalgia compared with rheumatoid arthritis: II Sexual, physical, and emotional abuse and neglect. Psychosomatic Medicine, 59, 572-577. Domino, J. V., & Haber, J. D. (1987). Prior physical and sexual abuse in women with chronic headache: Clinical correlates. The Journal of Head and Face Pain, 27, 310-314. Tietjen, G. E., Brandes, J. L., Peterlin, B. L., et al. (2010). Childhood maltreatment and migraine (part I). Prevalence and adult revictimization: A multicenter headache clinic survey. Headache, 50, 20-31. Walling, M. K., Reiter, R. C., O’Hara, M. W., Milburn, A. K., Lilly, G., & Vincent, S. D. (1994). Abuse history and chronic pain in women: I. Prevalences of sexual abuse and physical abuse. Obstetrics & Gynecology, 84, 193-199.