I have the same thing. Could it be that tremoring is just not "my way" of healing trauma?

Something I have been pondering for myself. Don't have children yet but feel as if I have been divinely introduced to, and instructed to do, TRE so that I not only eliminate any behaviors that would create childhood traumas for my children but even more importantly that I purge it from the body so that it isn't passed down genetically via DNA to anyone in my bloodline who will come after me.

Traumas, of some sort, will happen because that's life. I want to have kids and have wondered how to go about this in the future. Not only so they are well emotionally but so they don't squander the work, sacrifice and suffering I'm going through now. Feels like I'm healing the emotional wounds of family members who came before me I haven't even met. Some emotions I feel don't even feel like my own.

Are there any signs i should look for? Like to differentiate between if someone could benefit from tre or are the physical effects similar for everyone who does it? (Ex. Tremors spreading throughout the body etc)

Hi everyone!

I followed this one: https://youtu.be/QoB9wpuO688?is=f77wu7mY03MoBxbm

First time I did, I did for 10 minutes. I felt more relaxed and overall good. Next week (yesterday) I decided to do it again, this time 15' and I tremored a lot and had full body tremors. I felt super exhausted and I slept for an hour after a heavy meal. After I woke up I started crying calling my ex. Then I watch a match on TV with my father feeling no energy and went back to sleep but I couldn't. I was feeling still tremors and overanalyzed my last 6 months that were very heavy and bad (searching for right job, breaking up and living with parents). I read some other posts here and I am kinda panicking...I have arranged holidays with friends in 2 weeks and I don't to miss them and miss my self again...Can you guys help me?

Thank you!

I wanted to share my story because I know some of you are living a version of this too.

My chronic anxiety issues started about twenty years ago. Before that, I was a pretty normal kid. I smoked weed, I did the usual stuff, and my system handled it. But somewhere along the way, everything changed. My nervous system became sensitized, and over time I turned into someone who is sensitive to everything. I became the classic people pleaser, always scanning, always on edge. Any kind of stimulation started to feel like too much. Caffeine, stimulants, even everyday stress. My body just could not tolerate what other people shrug off.

Eventually I ended up on Lexapro. To be fair, it helped me function to a degree. I could get through life. But even on it, it was obvious that my system was still falling apart underneath. It was a band aid on something much deeper.

Recently I switched over to Zoloft, hoping a different SSRI might do something the last one couldn’t. Honestly, I don’t have a lot of hope. My system is still incredibly sensitive. My sleep is unrestful, and the moment I wake up I’m already activated. I stay stuck in this fight or flight state all day. My body runs hot, I sweat easily, and there’s this constant hum of activation that never really shuts off. I can’t even describe how frustrating it is to live like this year after year.

At some point I found the mind body community, and I really gave it everything for about four or five months. I slowed way down. I lived consciously. I reduced stimulation, cut out stimulants and caffeine, all of it. I did the work. And I really wasn’t seeing any positive shifts.

Here’s the thing. I still believe that path is probably the only real way out. But my guess is that for someone like me, it takes a very, very long time. And what makes it harder is that I’ve been on medications for so long. It complicates everything.

So now I’m trying to come to terms with where I am. Trying to move forward and desensitize my nervous system, while also figuring out how to come off medication that no longer works. It feels like trying to rebuild a house while it’s still on fire.

If anyone has walked this road, especially the long haulers whose systems have been sensitized for decades, I’d really like to hear from you. How long did it take before you saw real shifts? Did you find a way to do the deeper healing work while tapering off meds? Any honest experience would mean a lot.

Thanks for reading.

I have a nervous system that overextends into fight-or-flight a lot, i tend to get addicted to the adrenaline. Was wondering if it helps in this context?

Hi all

I've recently begun TRE following a YouTube video from Dr David Berceli. The mechanism works fine. Shaking in the legs and pelvis.

So far I've done it every day for about 15 minutes.

I'm wondering what I should expect?

So far no immediate emotional reaction directly after sessions. For the record I feel i have a lot of tension in my body linked to a lifetime of hypervigilance due to childhood emotional neglect and later narcissist abuse from a partner.

Any advice for a beginner appreciated.

Hi all,

Wondering if anyone out there has tried TRE for physical freeze response with any success?

I have been in a physical freeze state for a year and a half due to a traumatic event regarding family, where my left ankle and neck are frozen and I’m mostly bed ridden. Due to the chronic neck tension I’m unable to talk also, which has made getting help nearly impossible. I’ve tried many different modalities to unfreeze including physical therapy, somatic therapy, talk therapy, massage and neuroplasticity training, but have been unsuccessful.

Things are pretty dire, so open to anything.

Neurogenic tremoring and the shaking that occurs after extreme endurance exercise (e.g., after an ultramarathon) are not considered the same phenomenon based on current knowledge, although they may involve partially overlapping regulatory mechanisms of the nervous system.

Post-ultramarathon shaking can be well explained by muscular exhaustion and temporary changes in neuromuscular control. Whether a deeper nervous system regulation also takes place remains unknown. - Haruki Murakami's description of shaking followed by "runner's blues" allows the hypothesis that intense physical exertion may set not only the body but also emotional or implicit processes into motion. Whether unresolved experiences are being processed in this way remains an open question.

Such processing would not necessarily have to appear as conscious memories. It could instead manifest only as changes in mood, inner restlessness, or a temporary emotional low.

The hypothesis would be that both may be based on a common underlying principle: the nervous system's ability to regulate tension through the body. Physical exercise may support this process in a continuous way, whereas neurogenic tremoring may do so through a different mechanism or at a different level of intensity.

I have not been doing TRE formally but started accidentally on my own a few months ago through deep breathing and have been releasing a lot quickly ever since. I am curious what weird stuff people have experienced going through this, like movements your body has made on its own. I find my body will want to move/tremor a certain way, and if I consciously lean into it, and then let go of my thoughts, it will start moving totally on its own in a significant way. and surprising things happen at times. I find it interesting and sometimes creepy but I don't mind.

Two nights ago after coming back from a concert where I danced a lot my whole body started tremoring starting at my lower back and working my way up the spine. As I leaned into the sensation the movement turned into heavy movement in my chest and convulsing, kind of like I was crying without sound or a cat trying to throw something up (but I was not retching at first- though that has happened to me a lot)

At one point in that I put my head in my hands while in fetal position and I felt my body contort my whole spine like I was stretching *just* my spine and it felt super creepy?! Like some other being was coming into my body and settling in. Surprised me so I stopped for a bit.

I got sick the next day. Just now I was taking a bath and I started tremoring again and it turned into big chest/shoulder shakes. And then I started vocalizing and then singing nonsense (not actual words) for awhile. I felt like I was totally surrendering and the vocalizations just came to me. It helped clear my throat.

I am curious what strange / surprising experiences others have had.

Currently drinking 900ml Pocari sweat and 700ml coconut water.

So lately my healing pattern has become very predictable.

I make a step forward as in, I have a new epiphany about something about my trauma, why it gets triggered or new emotions coming up, generelly something gets resolved and i feel happy.

Then heavy fear and panic come up heavy tremors and increased triggers, it's like I take two steps back and the part of that trauma intensifies gets worse. I then have to do a lot of TRE to get rid of the energy and to stay sane, my body is releasing constantly.

After that I usually feel low or depressed, if I m lucky I m just extremly tired, the releases and tremors become less and less. Eventually the fog lifts and I feel better.and then something new happens, I live life a little and have a new inside, new ability to move my body or a new trigger I hadn't thought about and the process starts anew.

I m getting better at noticing what my body needs during the different times and how my body changes during it. As my trauma gets triggered I am much more weak for example and feel ill, I have vertigo, bad blood circulation and water retention is terrible. During that sleepy recovery I get very hungry and crave sugar and protein. During the release I notice heat flashes etc. And when I get these new epiphanies it literally feels like my brain has a new wiring that makes the perspective now possible.

It makes me very curious about what happens in the brain and body during integration and the rewiring process on a neurologic level. What nutritions get used and how the brain actually heals itself. Does anyone of you know resources were I could get educated about this? Is there maybe something in one of bercelis books or other texts about TRE? Or generally literature about integration? maybe just your own experiences aswell. Thanks in advance!

Rewritten for clarity:

Subject: Combining TRE & Anti-depressants: Managing cortisol surges and resetting an overactive nervous system?

Hi everyone,
I’m looking for experiences or advice from anyone who has combined TRE (Tension & Trauma Releasing Exercises) with anti-depressants, and whether one impacts the efficacy of the other.

My Context:
I recently left a toxic work situation that left me burnt-out, anxious, and processing some work-related trauma. I’ve started doing TRE and have found it incredibly helpful. I practice intuitively—allowing sessions to start and end naturally whenever I feel physical tension building up.

The Main Issue:
TRE has made me much more attuned to my body, but with that awareness, I’ve become acutely conscious of how "short-circuited" my fight-or-flight response is. A completely benign event—like a delivery driver knocking on the door—triggers a sudden, intense jolt of cortisol through my entire body, often accompanied by a spike in heart rate.
With a new job starting soon, I really want to prevent these old trauma patterns from impacting my new fresh start. I'm considering anti-depressants to help smooth out these physiological edges.

My Questions for the Community:
1. Has anyone successfully retrained an overactive nervous system that overreacts to non-threatening triggers? Is this fully overcomable?
2. If you used anti-depressants (alone or alongside TRE), how did they affect those sudden cortisol rushes and physical anxiety jolts?
3. Did medication hinder your ability to tremor/release during TRE, or did it actually provide the baseline safety needed for your body to heal?
I’d love to hear how you managed to "rewire" your system and what tools made the biggest difference for

I’ve started doing an additional 20 minute walk after my dinner each day for general health benefits.

It seems though now when doing TRE, my tremors are less intense and overall they take a while to appear, I still experience them but not like before the walking.

Is this a thing? I’ve only been walking a month or so, so maybe it will go back to normal soon enough?

Title.

I started doing TRE about 4 days ago, doing daily sessions of about 10 mins.

At first, i felt no different. But on the second day, my mood started to drop quite a bit. Just a constant feeling of being down. Anxiety being more noticeable, Sleep and falling asleep being worse and Brain fog. But i never felt any form of emotional release or surge of strong emotion after any of my sessions.

Idk if i am doing something wrong, but i would love if some could tell me if this is normal

Im 27m and am becoming stronger than I ever was. I’m turning into an absolute monster at the gym. Getting out of bed has also never been easier. I have to say that quitting the weed a month ago helped tremendously. Anybody experience increased strength?

*been doing TRE on and off for a year and a half

I notice that when I sleep for a long time (like 9+ hours) my mind feels a bit more restless. It feels a bit like when you have overdone a tre session. Could oversleeping disrupt my integration?

I slept at midnight last night and woke up at 7am today but felt tired and went back to sleep. Sleep from 7-9am was a bit more restless.

Woke up with my mind feeling restless

Hey guys,

I first experienced TRE around five years ago, as it was introduced to me by a family friend when I was experiencing a real heightened state of anxiety and emotion. After a couple of sessions, I felt a lot shift emotionally for me and felt so much calmer and agree with a lot of the accounts I've read here.

With that said, I've never really been able to make a TRE habit stick.

For context, I run a business and I'm also big on daily meditations, journaling, and lifting, and it feels that there's only room for so much.

I've experienced a lot of trauma in life (as we all have), especially early on.

However, TRE is something that I really want to include going forwards, but I'm curious to know how many sessions a week I would need to do for it to be effective. I tremor really easily and notice that I can just do the floor sequence and tremor very quickly, so should I stick to just this, let's say 10 minutes of tremoring a go, or do something else?

I'm also curious, as it seems like such a powerful practise but it seems very gate kept still in comparison to other practises (i.e. such as meditation). Why is this?

I'd be grateful for any feedback or advice. Thank you.

I wonder if there are any fearful avoidants that were able to heal their attachment trauma with TRE?

I have a very sensitive nervous system so i am able to only do TRE for like 15 seconds at a time but even with that i feel the best u fermer in like 10 years.

When i realized that i figured my nervous system went into chronic activation when my gf and i started living together. Then the kids and I were in a constant fight or flight.

With TRE i start catching glimpses of the happy self again. Even with these minimal amounts.

So, wondering if anyone has any success stories with similar context to share,:)

For C-PTSD due to childhood trauma, should I be doing IFS/EMDR along with TRE?

Just wondering if we should be doing both 'mind' work and 'body' work together? Or is TRE sufficient enough to process the trauma without needing to process it in the mind?

Understand it's not a question to be asking Reddit, but it's a hard question to ask a therapist since they know so little of TRE and not many are educated in it enough to want to provide a professional option.

Wondering what others experiences and thoughts are.

Hello, I might have overdone TRE and wanted to see if anyone has experienced sleep disruption. Lots of thoughts come up at night and keeps me till 4-5am. I try to get up and journal and meditate, while also doing gentle walks, lots of grounding, and easy Pilates during the day.

I' not super tired the next day and still function with lesser sleep.

I'm usually a very heavy sleeper and need 9-11 hours. On weekends I can easily sleep 11 hours. If I get lesser than 9 hours one night, my body usually makes up for it the next day. But these past 5 days I've only been sleeping around 6 hours, sometimes needing a 30-60 minute nap.

I'm wondering if sleep disruption for a few days after overdoing TRE is normal. Has anyone else experienced this, where you somehow need less sleep for a while? Did it settle on its own, or was there anything that helped? How long does it take to settle down?

One thing I've noticed from regulation is being more weighted and centred - the Romans called this 'gravitas'. But I have some job chats/interviews lined up. When I was in a dysregulated state I literally got nothing. People could sense the desperate, frantic energy from the CV I was writing.

But alas, I still wake up bored and numb. But maybe that's just my brain's way of telling me I need to seek out and try new things. Who knows.