30% of British adults have experienced at least one traumatic event in their lifetime**.*
Constantly complaining of pain without any obvious cause? Revisiting your GP and not getting the answers you want? Difficult life experiences might be to blame. That’s right, while we often think of pain as only having a physical cause, studies* show that health problems, such as migraines or digestive issues, might actually be the result of unprocessed difficult life experiences, which have become ‘trapped’ in the body. Essentially, it’s the result of never dealing with trauma when it originally happened, and your body is now bearing the brunt.
We’ve asked our experts for the lowdown on trauma, how you can release it at home and when to seek professional help.
