Here’s an idea: What if when you have a feeling in your body, sometimes it’s there for others to see? What if feelings use the body as a display?
That framing sounds dualistic and as if feelings are somehow separate from the body, so that they could be displayed by the body.
Evolutionary the main job of brains is to coordinate movement. Trauma responses like fight, flight and freeze express themselves in movement not because it’s beneficial to display them in the body but because movement is required to effectively respond.
If you truly want to understand what goes on, it’s also important to be conscious of tension being possible to by held by fascia in addition to being held directly by muscle tension.
That framing sounds dualistic and as if feelings are somehow separate from the body, so that they could be displayed by the body.
Evolutionary the main job of brains is to coordinate movement. Trauma responses like fight, flight and freeze express themselves in movement not because it’s beneficial to display them in the body but because movement is required to effectively respond.
If you truly want to understand what goes on, it’s also important to be conscious of tension being possible to by held by fascia in addition to being held directly by muscle tension.