Your Body Remembers What Your Mind Forgets: The Connection Between Trauma and Physical Symptoms

That pain you can't explain? Your body might be telling a story your conscious mind doesn't remember.

As a therapist working with people and their trauma, I've watched something unfold hundreds of times in my practice. A client complains about chronic stomach issues, mysterious pain, or sleep problems that no medical intervention seems to resolve.

They've seen specialists. They've tried medications. They've changed diets. Nothing works.

And then we start talking about their history.

The Truth About Trauma Your Doctor Won't Tell You

Let's clarify something right away: trauma isn't what most people think it is.

Often, I cringe whenever I hear someone casually say, "That was so traumatic!" about a minor inconvenience. Not because I'm the trauma police, but because this kind of language minimizes what trauma actually does to the human nervous system.

I've sat with men who survived violent upbringings, physical abuse, and sexual violence. But I've also worked with just as many who developed profoun…