When Your Body Is Carrying More Pain Than You Realize - Tiny Buddha

"If you live with chronic pain, you already know how exhausting it can be. Not just the physical sensations but the constant trying-trying to push through, trying to find answers, trying to explain something that feels invisible to others. The search for relief can become its own full-time job, and it's easy to feel discouraged or alone. Over the years of running this site, I've heard from many people who've felt trapped in their bodies, like life was happening around them, not with them."

"Pushing things down might look like strength from the outside, but it's the source of immense suffering that only ends when we face and feel what we've been avoiding. This awareness is what draws me to Nicole Sachs' work. Nicole is a therapist, author, and teacher who's spent over twenty years helping people understand the mind-body connection, and how unprocessed emotions can sometimes show up in the body as chronic pain."

Chronic pain often results not only from physical issues but from unprocessed emotions held in the body as tension, fatigue, or persistent pain. Emotional suppression intended as strength can create ongoing suffering until emotions are faced and felt. Nervous systems can protect by producing pain responses; teaching the nervous system safety allows it to release defense patterns. An experienced therapist offers methods for releasing stored emotions, including guided JournalSpeak exercises and nervous-system-informed practices, aiming to restore body connection, reduce pain, and provide hope and support. A 90-minute live session can introduce brain–nervous-system mechanisms and provide practical exercises for emotional release and reconnection.

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