11/27/2025
When the back begins to ache or a anxiety comes up seemingly out of the blue, it’s not always a message or a sign of imbalance.
Sometimes, it’s simply memory.
When there is an acute shock; an injury, a job loss, a fearful moment, the body often times archives it. When it does this, it often takes in an abundance of memory with it.. the room you were in, the people whom you were with, the food you were eating, the date or time of year.
Then, when these particular people, foods, rooms or dates come back around, our archived shocks can be re-triggered.
A friend of mine experienced a wave of anxiety for several days and couldn’t put her finger on it. She is someone who measures memory by time; dates are important to her. She looked back in her calendar and discovered that it was the same week as her house fire.
A client experienced a sudden flair up of arthritis after having resolved it some time ago. Through some exploration we discovered that her upcoming move reminded her of a very stressful prior move years ago when her marriage was on the rocks and she was solo parenting and packing her home, not knowing what the move would bring. Once she discovered the reminder, she could remind herself that her marriage was in a far better place and she was no longer solo parenting - the threat was not there, just a move.
Reach out if you want a little guidance in discovering the memories behind your own symptoms :)
