# @iamlouiserumball on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/CtM0YpcAKx7
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/61833498-iamlouiserumball-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2023-06-07T19:07:16.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Louise Rumball (@iamlouiserumball) — https://gondola.cc/iamlouiserumball

## Caption

we try to move on, get over it, meet someone new, find some respite. thrill the pain away. drugs, food, alcohol, sex, shopping, exercise. all a distraction. an avoidance. a form of self soothing from a cold, hard truth - we went through something that hurt. and not only did it hurt, real bad, but it reminded us of some deeply painful times that we experienced many years before this hurt. that’s a double hurt. 

the hurt is a shock to the nervous system. the shock to the nervous system dysregulates the nervous system. it takes us out of ventral vagal state of calm, and pushes us into states of danger for the body. for a non-resilient nervous system, sometimes it’s hard to come back. the energy has no where to go. our physical body doesn’t come back to centre even if consciously we feel “OK”

the energy of the shock and the hurt and the pain doesn’t move through the body. often we suppress and we don’t scream and shake and cry. The energy gets lodged somewhere, moving downward, into our tissues, cells, memories. and then we live life, constantly distracting or avoiding the wound. 

the truth to healing? It starts in the therapy room, understanding where the pain started, but it continues outside of the therapy room. where we move, and groove, and cry, and sob, and cower, and laugh, and cry some more. when we love again, and laugh again, and then cry in between. 

as someone who has tried everything to heal a chronjc pain disorder, I am well qualified to say - you have to heal it it to feel it. repression causes physical and mental issues that are long lasting, even decades later. 

if you’re ready to start this journey, come join us on the following OPENHOUSE episodes: 

🎙️ ep. 74 - how to actually feel your feelings ft. angielilariver 
🎙️ ep. 78 - understanding the connection between stress, trauma & nervous system dysregulation FT. thepotentplant 

we’re so excited to take you on this journey! 

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#nervoussystemregulation #nervoussystem #healing #healingjourney #somatic #somaticexperiencing #somatichealing

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nervoussystem, somatichealing, somatic, somaticexperiencing, nervoussystemregulation, healingjourney, healing

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