Step 5: Identify Gaps of Feeling If, like most people, you’re a high-to-medium somatizer (someone who holds a lot of tension in your body), you’ll probably find that some parts of your body are easy to feel while others seem numb, tight, or paralyzed. Good—now you know where your body is storing useful information that your brain doesn’t know. When

life is chaotic and unpredictable and we do our best to stay present with the flow of experience. To the extent that the child’s body sensations and emotions are denied, devalued, ignored, or punished by parents, the child will find ways to avoid sharing them with others and eventually to avoid feeling them entirely.