Active Memories. What Are Your Triggers?

Memories come in all shapes and sizes right? Some are passive memories.  They are simply memories of experiences. Nothing more.

But some memories are active.  By active, I mean they have a button or trigger attached to them.  All it takes for you is to be reminded in some way and you are instantly reliving the memory as if it were happening in real time.  This can happen either consciously, so you're aware of it, or on a subconscious level, where you feel triggered by something or someone but you don't know why.

Either way your body is experiencing the same release of chemicals, the same stress, and the same reactions as it did with the initial experience.

Your body can hold trauma, emotions, experiences, and beliefs in your tissues.  If you are unable (for whatever reason) to process that experience , learn from it and let it go, then the energy of that emotion or perception can be stored in your body.  Maybe in an organ, or a muscle, or in the connective tissue, where it acts as a program that keeps running.  A program that influences your perception of life.

Here's an example of what I mean.  A woman was injured in a car accident which was not her fault.  Even after she recovered from her injuries, whenever she would speak of the incident, she would get tense and angry and relive the pain and stress of that situation all over again.  This went on until she had some BodyTalk done.  The trigger was deactivated and the memory became just another unpleasant experience that she rarely thought about.  She also stopped blaming the person who caused the accident and she was able to move on.

Sometimes we're not aware of memories that affect us like in the following example.  

In one session, I worked with a woman whose parents escaped a flood in a rowboat.  During which time the mother was pregnant with my client, who was born a very short time later.  Though she had no conscious memory of the event herself, she knew the story.  More importantly, when the charge was taken out of that subconscious memory, she found that she could now dive under the water when swimming.  Until her session, she hadn't liked having her face below the surface.  

That is how a memory we're not even aware of can affect perception and alter behavior.

We all have enough to deal with in life, without having to cope with old baggage.  Perhaps it's time to clear out and release some of the old stuff which keeps you stuck.  I can help you identify and release those old stories and defuse the trigger from those old experiences.