Grounding helps (looking around the room name 3 things outside the room, 3 things you feel or if that's overwhelming just 3 stuff outside the room 1 you feel, or none), as does being in water (my T says and actually, I've found this to be true).

I had severe enough body pain (not a "memory" but non-specific pain) that I went to the dr but grounding and keeping myself in less anxiety eventually helped when they could find nothing in my blood work to explain the pain that hurt so badly I couldn't sit up at work it was lame and sucked. I have the same type of body reaction whenever I'm around people I'm traumatized by or in a state of hyperarousal for a long period of time.

So I'd suggest gentle self care, sometimes you can't just make them go away. I try not to explain it or go through my rolodex of possible trauma or actual trauma I've experienced to figure out what it is. A somatic T/non-T practitioner, or acupuncturist can also help. I have a lot of body sensations in my work with T2 that haven't literally happened but it's just my body expressing pain. So trying not to explain them and risking re-traumatiizng yourself has worked for me.

Sorry you're hurting so much, I feel lame suggesting you take a bath and breathe but it's worked for me.

No, that's a good idea. Really. I didn't even think of a bath. I can't think straight right now. In this case, it is related to something very specific, but some of mine are not, are just something my body was expressing, like you say. A bath is a good idea and the grounding stuff too. Just need to make it through putting Boo to bed and I can do it. Thanks, Cat!!!

At their worst, for me, movement makes it MUCH worse, and yes, I feel like I will die I am in so much pain, physically .

I have tried taking pain relief, doesn't help much. It helps if a person is there, a friend, my DH, my P - and they hold my hand or even hum to me.

I get locked physically so I have not yet mastered what to do in the midst of one, as I am frozen solid most of the time and occasionally flailing a bit. But if I know it is building up, I have trained myself to reach out to people and try and make physical contact.

I htink it woudl help me if I sing or can be made to laugh,but I have not tried this yet.

Mine pass within about 20 mins so I also just sit it out reminding myself it will pass. then I fall asleep.

I don't experience pain, but rather extreme cold. It feels like coldness on the inside. ( I know that sounds weird- but I don't know how else to explain it. It happens any season- even in hot weather- but usually at night. Hot baths help some, but drinking hot water- as hot as I can stand it, seems to work for me- after a while. And for me also, it lasts about 20-30 minutes, longer if I don't drink hot water.

(((S))) (((Mayo)))

Thanks for the input. This particular episode lasted over an hour, and after that, I still had sensations, but the pain part numbed. It came up again (muted pain) in session last night and T actually did some direct work with that which I do not feel fully in the loop on, but whatever got expressed seems to have eased the pressure a little bit, though I think there is more to be talked about.

I wish I had thought of doing music, but at the time, I was just sitting, reclined in my chair with my laptop in my lap and even moving my hands felt like it might kill me. I hope it doesn't happen again like that. I've had this particular thing for at least a decade that I can remember and that's the worst that it has ever been. Usually it is painful (but no as) and very brief/intermittent, like an aftershock of something that had happened a bit ago. This time was ongoing and excruciating, like being in the moment. Then, of course, when it stopped, I went to thinking I made it up and exaggerated it, except I have H and T and my forum post to objectively counter that.

I empathize with your feeling of making it up/ I can hardly believe it happens to me but I have recordings and I woudl have to be an amazing actress to be making it up. I can't even imitate it when out of it, to my husband so he can hear what sounds I make. I find it all very odd. BUt real. I feel so real. I seem to be accessing parts of my mind that I have locked down. And they are still there.

I would be very gentle to yourself. When it happens to me, I have to sleep a lot afterwards and often sleep for hours even if it is 2pm. It just wipes me out.

Strangely, I also fear frying my neural pathways when it happens, as it feels like that in my head/mind.

I sympathise.