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Old Dec 30, 2015, 12:33 PM
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Originally Posted by BayBrony View Post
I read the book. I thought it was kind of lame honestly. The man was very self absorbed. And the techniques did not work so.well.for me.

However my T and I do somatic/mindfulness work.that I find very helpful. This includes breathing work, identifying emotions as far as how they feel.inside me, and learning to identify feelings like being cold, hungry, etc ( I tend to not notice things like that until.I am hypothermic, starving, etc). My somatic work also.includes touch but I suspect you may shy away fr.yjst
I didn't even read the book! I forgot to say that we do breathing work too. My T is very conscious of when I am holding my breath, which seems to be often when I'm anxious, so then she asks me to breathe slowly and mindfully. She's always asking if I can feel my legs, my feet, my arms. I was wondering about the touch for you too, musing. If you see a somatic therapist. I'd be sure to explain what happened with touch and your current T.
I don't seem to need to hold her hand anymore, which is real progress!
Thanks for this!
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