Childhood traumas obscure the development regions in the brain due to adapting to living conditions growing up. This results in a disconnection from the mind and body. For example having to adapt to controlling behaviours causes the child to;

• Dissociate from oneself. The person may struggle to be in the present moment. 
• Dissociate from their emotions. 
• Live in fight, flight, freeze or fawn response. 
• Black and white thinking. This causes a person to have automatic thoughts only without reasoning. 

A lot of children who have experienced trauma neglect their bodies because they end up stuck in survival mode. As an adult they may also think and react in a   childlike manor as trauma affected them during the transition. 

More so, it is important to note, emotions are not just limited to your cognitive structures. It runs throughout your body as energy - it stores in your sympathetic nervous system. Feeling the emotion associated with the event can release the emotion from your nervous system (which is responsible for the rest of your body).

We have suppressed emotions in our nervous system that over time store energy and project into wider body parts and behaviour. But it is very difficult to measure this in science, therefore, it is neglected. However, there have been very good results from many people following the release of suppressed emotions.

When you heal your mind by removing mental and energetic blocks in your body, you become more in tune with your conscious and authentic self (believed to be the soul)

Mental blocks may include:

• Dysregulation from previous or current narcissistic abuse
• Stuck emotions (energy) in the nervous system
• Emotional dysregulation
• Unhealed triggers
•  People pleasing 
• Codependency
• Limiting beliefs 
• Core fears 
• Addiction

More and more studies are linking trauma and chronic diseases and autoimmune diseases such as irritable bowel syndrome and more. It has been noted that people have been able to manage their symptoms better by making changes in their life and acceptance.