Do you know what the pain is about?

I understand that wordless feeling. For me, a lot of times the answer is allowing myself to sink to a new level of being, to where the pain is coming from. When I do that the words almost seem to pour out, and often surprise me with the content.

I do some sort of meditation thing, where I locate the source of the pain, and quiet myself, and try to move to where the pain is. I imagine opening doors along the way. Once I get to that place, I can almost feel the pain moving from the knot in my belly to spread all over my body, so that my arms and legs feel the pain of sadness. And at that point, I speak.

It's likely all in my head, but it works. The reason it works may be more the meditation and centering. I'm not sure.

Do you trust your therapist enough to try? It takes a lot of trust.

The funny thing is that while I was always afraid the pain would overwhelm me if I let it escape from that ball in my belly to my entire body. But somehow it actually made the pain feel less. Like maybe the space I had allotted it wasn't big enough, and squeezing it into that space caused too much pressure.

Mind you, I only feel safe doing it *in* the therapist's office.

But that's me, and your experience might be completely different. So take it for what it's worth.

((((Alex))))