Posted by shadows721 on June 7, 2004, at 15:37:58
In reply to » shadows --- Body Memories? --- Great question, posted by 64Bowtie on June 7, 2004, at 13:58:04
Oh, I defiantly agree that muscle has memory. They say that is true in physical therapy. A person who was in great shape prior to an injury muscle will be easier to retrain than a person who has never been in shape.
The theory of body memories that I was speaking about in relation to the above post was in regard to symptoms. When a child is physically or sexual abused, there is a separation between the body and mind. The mind dissociates from the body. Some folks say they see their body from the ceiling when abused. Some say they walked through a wall into another room, so they didn't feel a beating. I feel as though an abusers hands are literally around my throat and there is no one there. That's an example of what I have in terms of body memories. I literally feel abuse, but no one is there. Perhaps, a better term should be a body flashback. A body memory can replay over and over again though if there is an unresolved memory. This will be resolved as one works though the memory of the abuse. These are not uncommon with people where severe abuse occurred and there is total amnesia. Some people say during a massage they will remember what happened to them during abuse. For them, touch was the trigger for the memory.
As far as a muscles having feelings, I feel there is so much that we don't know about the body still.
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