"however, when this tremor mechanism is suppressed for any reason, the nervous system is unable to release the trauma and it gets "stuck". dr. peter levine, who also discovered the great benefits of involuntary tremors, thinks of it as the nervous system mobilizing sympathetic energy for an imminent threat, that gets stored in the nervous system if the victim is unable to express this energy in any way, say fight or flight. this is very often the case with victims of child abuse. the child is exposed to a great threat in the form of a physically much stronger adult and so the nervous system reacts with the freeze response and the mind dissociates to escape the painful situation. this form of trauma is extremely damaging to the overall well-being of the victim, because it seems the tremor mechanism does not (properly) engage in these situations and there is a lot of sympathetic energy that gets stuck and together with all the painful feelings and emotions gets buried into the unconscious mind eventually. this is part of why i don't think the absence of involuntary tremors in the face of threats is only due to social conditioning. the freeze response has been proven by dr. stephen porges to be also very damaging to animals, even lethal in some cases. this is an extreme form of trauma, but one that is unfortunately, not uncommon. now, since most adults don't experience involuntary tremors when experiencing a traumatic situation, it means the trauma will be stored in the nervous system. the traumatic event can be anything, even unpleasant events that we wouldn't necessarily consider traumatic. most common events that clearly leave a mark on us are accidents, beings ridiculed in public situations, injuries, neglect, heart break, verbal abuse, facing punishment for not attaining goals, etc. a single one of those events might not be traumatizing on its own, but the effects compound with every event over our lifespan."
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