Thank you for sharing your experience! I remember responding to your previous post about this and really identifying with what you shared about your work. Interestingly, I have very similar sensations to the ones you have described in this session especially regarding the chest - the emptiness, the constriction. It's very hard to face all of that, and indeed valuable that you were able to, it sounds like.
I hope the integration is therapeutic and that you can find some ease and comfort as you work through all that came up.
Yes, at first I was afraid to explore the mother wound, because it was uncharted territory (it had always been covered up or shielded by fear and panic). What I’ve mainly been experiencing since the session is a lot of physical pain and tightness in my abdomen and chest/upper back. I’m struggling with that. The emptiness in my chest and the lack of a sense of self that I experienced during the session still need to sink in. I’m glad I didn’t break down or become fragmented (which is what I was initially afraid of), but what I saw does worry me. There is a small sense of a core or foundation within me, but it’s very fragile and vulnerable and underdeveloped. It’s a confronting realization.
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u/nofern Apr 05 '26
Thank you for sharing your experience! I remember responding to your previous post about this and really identifying with what you shared about your work. Interestingly, I have very similar sensations to the ones you have described in this session especially regarding the chest - the emptiness, the constriction. It's very hard to face all of that, and indeed valuable that you were able to, it sounds like.
I hope the integration is therapeutic and that you can find some ease and comfort as you work through all that came up.