u/Ok_Expression1083

Hi everyone,

I’ve been dealing with an array of nervous system related symptoms and maybe the worst one is this intense neck, jaw and shoulder pain, as well as tender muscles in most of the rest of my body. It’s not just sore but the actual tissue feels so incredibly tight and thick and almost rigid and lumpy, chiro and acupuncture always comment on how intensely hard the tissue feels and that’s when “relaxed”.

I believe this is mostly from chronic muscle guarding/body armouring and stress. But I am so scared that it’s permanent because of how abnormal it feels and how long it’s been like that- almost feels like fibrosis in the muscle in some areas.
Oh and physio, chiro, osteo etc etc haven’t helped at all so I am now trying very hard with SE and nervous system work.

Has anyone had chronically bad body pain or muscle tension that has been relieved using this work? Or any success stories about symptoms that felt permanent but managed to shift via this work.

Thank you

Anyone else get a particular taste in mouth after doing TRE? For me it’s kind of bitter almost slightly chemical taste.
I’m wondering what this could be, could it literally be stress hormones or more likely to be psychosomatic?

Hi everyone,
I am new to SE, I have been trying nervous system work for over a year but specifically SE for about 2 months.
My whole life has revolved around fear and people pleasing, I can’t remember a full day of my life where I was regulated, which I didn’t realise until now (I’m 27F) I also have always over intellectualised, my mind races at a million miles an hour and talk therapy seems to do nothing, which is how I came across this work.
Unfortunately what made me realise how bad things were, is I had a complete and utter health collapse last year. Autoimmune symptoms, severe skin disease, chronically intense widespread muscle pain but mostly in my neck, insomnia, sinus issues, and other symptoms. I had mild forms of these symptoms for years so and I’m now seeing the connection between trauma and definitely muscle bracing/guarding, and the decades of this combined.

The problem is, I’m very seriously working on this now, I had to leave my job due to symptoms so it’s now main focus. I find there is a huge subconscious amount of activation I need to release - but my concern now is the consequence of everything is that my life has completely fallen apart in real time, so it seems to be re-triggering me every day.
This includes
- having to leave my job and my purpose. I’m trying hobbies and things to fulfill me but it doesn’t replace this. It’s also an industry where it is not good to take this time off in terms of career progress
- severe health symptoms and chronic pain
- losing quite literally thousands and thousands is dollars on dozens of medical, holistic and other treatments or doctors, which haven’t even scratched the surface of helping, so I’m now broke
- losing much of my community (this is out of my control but my friends and partner have all separately moved overseas in the last year)
- insomnia gets its own line because I’m not hardly sleeping too

This has all slowly been collapsing over the past year and now it’s at an all time low.

These circumstances will not be changing anytime soon so how do I heal myself within the life that I have and move forward. I expect it to take time, but it just needs to be forward as I can not live like this. I didn’t even know life could feel this bad. And given these circumstances it feels like I’m getting more traumatised every day instead of less, even with nervous system work. I feel so lost. Does anyone have any advice?

Thank you for reading

I am so unwell and losing hope for getting better😭 I’m so convinced SE is the core of what will heal me but I’m scared that I will only slightly improve and I’m stuck unwell for the rest of my life.

Looking for some hope from anyone who had significant life improvements from this work, that changed their life long-term, and maybe even healed chronic illness.

I’m wondering if anyone else has health issues along with insomnia.

I have slept 3-5 hours each night for the last 10 months with dozens of 0-2 hour nights too. I have other health conditions some of which are unrelated but I feel like I’m legitimately going crazy I just want this to end 😞
I feel like a chemical buzzing through my body and especially my arms and get migraines and neck pain and have a horrible rash. I think my nervous system is cooked but have basically no medical help. Sleeping pills don’t work or maybe get me 2hr sleep.