Comments on: Feelings are Real…Right? https://cptsdfoundation.org/2024/01/03/feelings-are-realright/ The Foundation for Post-Traumatic Healing and Complex Trauma Research Wed, 10 Jan 2024 18:58:38 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Ramon Diaz Jr https://cptsdfoundation.org/2024/01/03/feelings-are-realright/#comment-22946 Wed, 10 Jan 2024 18:58:38 +0000 https://cptsdfoundation.org/?p=987487813#comment-22946 In reply to Kathy Cooke.

I am pleased to hear this blog was helpful to you. I am very happy to hear that your “befriending” your body now. Connecting with our bodies again requires incredible courage. Thank you for sharing your story!

]]> By: Kathy Cooke https://cptsdfoundation.org/2024/01/03/feelings-are-realright/#comment-22935 Tue, 09 Jan 2024 17:54:51 +0000 https://cptsdfoundation.org/?p=987487813#comment-22935 This post was very helpful. As a person who used dissociation to cope with trauma, my connection to my body is underdeveloped–and I am learning to connect to and honor my physical self. This part of the article (below) made it clear to me how my body and emotions relate to each other physiologically–and gives me hope that by managing my “body budget” I can better handle the emotional ups and downs of life.

“Each person has a budget of glucose, sugar, and other protein cells in their body.The body does not operate the same way when a person’s glucose levels are down. When your budget is running out, you may experience sadness differently than you would when your body budget is high. Dr. Lisa says this simple biological fact about body budget supports the reality that emotional expression is not absolute. Expression evolves as the body changes throughout your day.”

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