Have you ever felt tension in your throat, heaviness in your chest, or a tight stomach – and yet there was no physical reason?
Maybe your mind betrayed you before an important meeting. Or you suddenly burst into tears “for no reason.” Or perhaps you struggle with chronic pain that doctors can’t explain.
This is not random. This is your body remembering.
The body as a storage of emotions
Our body and mind are not separate. Every emotion we don’t allow ourselves to feel and release gets “stored” somewhere inside.
Psychologists, somatic therapists, and experts like Robert Gene Smith (FasterEFT) emphasize that suppressed emotions are stored in the muscles, nervous system, and even internal organs.
For example:
- Fear is often stored in the stomach or intestines.
- Sadness in the lungs or chest.
- Anger in the liver and trapezius muscles.
- Shame and guilt may show up as a tight throat, back pain, or migraines.
When the body overflows
Imagine that every unexpressed emotion is like a drop of water in a glass. One drop does nothing. But when the glass overflows, the body cries for help.
It speaks through:
- fatigue without a clear cause,
- chronic pain,
- anxiety,
- autoimmune issues,
- insomnia,
- emotional outbursts without warning.
And what do we usually do? We suppress it even more. We push through. Clench our teeth. Keep going. But the body keeps records.
Why “understanding” is not enough
Many people say: “I know why I feel this way. I understand it.”
But knowing is not the same as releasing.
Emotions are not thoughts. They are energy that wants to move through the body. When we only analyze them without truly feeling and releasing, they remain in the system like an unexploded charge.
This is why it is so important to involve the body in the healing process – for example, through techniques like FasterEFT, somatic practices, breathwork, or body-oriented therapies.
To heal = to let go
Healing is not about fighting yourself. It is about listening to what the body is saying and having the courage to release what no longer serves you.
How? For example:
- Stop punishing yourself for “feeling too much.”
- Allow yourself to pause and tune into your body.
- Name what you feel – and where in your body you feel it.
- Then consciously work with it – through techniques that release the emotion and rewrite its meaning – such as FasterEFT.
What is your pain, fatigue, or tension trying to tell you?
Don’t treat it as an enemy. See it as a message that it’s time to pause, listen, and perhaps – for the first time – truly feel what you’ve been holding inside for so long.