BLog

A client once sat across from me and said, "I don't remember much from my childhood. But my body won't let me sleep. I can't be touched without flinching. And I'm exhausted all the time." She couldn't recall a specific traumatic event. No clear memory. No narrative to point to. And yet, her body was screaming. This is what happens when trauma lives in the nervous system, not the story. Your mind might have filed certain experiences away, fragmented them, or never fully encode

You want to reach out to someone, but you don't. You know you need to make a change, but something in you refuses. You feel drawn toward connection one moment and then find yourself pulling away the next. It's not weakness. It's not self-sabotage. It's what happens when different parts of you want completely different things. This inner tug-of-war is one of the most confusing experiences people bring into the therapy room. And it makes sense. Because when you're feeling pulle