6 Signs Trauma Is Affecting Your Well-Being (And How to Start Healing)

Trauma is an experience that you couldn’t experience at the time. It’s like a little knot stored in the body that blocks your energy. Whether from big, awful events or seemingly small things that we couldn’t process at the time…we all have them. Think of thousands of little cords, pulling your energy out of the present to re-experience these undigested emotions of the past.

This trauma keeps our bodies in a state of stress, which can cause everything from physical pain to limiting beliefs to compromised sleep. As a chiropractor specializing in remote kinesiology and Neuro Emotional Technique (NET), I’ve seen how unaddressed trauma can disrupt body and mind, manifesting as all kinds of pain. The good news? When you release the trauma, you reclaim your energy, restore your life, and can return to that deep sense of well being that you know is possible.

The first step is realizing that trauma bound in your body is behind your dis-ease. Here are six signs that trauma might be impacting your well-being.

1. Physical Conditions: Too Much Stress for Too Long

Trauma isn’t just in your head - it literally shapes your body. Physical conditions like chronic tension headaches, unexplained fatigue, digestive issues, and hormonal imbalances, all likely have a stress component. These aren’t just random pains; they’re somatic echoes of unresolved stress or trauma. As a chiropractor that releases stress and trauma, I’ve seen how these physical signals often tie back to an emotional source. If your body feels off without a clear reason, trauma could be the unaddressed root cause.

2. Hypervigilance: A Hyperactive Threat Sensor

Do you feel like your nervous system is on edge? Like loud sounds cause your shoulders to jump and heart to race. Hypervigilance is like having a threat sensor stuck on high—your nervous system is constantly scanning for danger even when it’s time to relax. This relentless state wears down your nervous system, draining your energy, creativity, and joy and leaving you exhausted. Trauma can lock you into this survival mode, but releasing the trauma helps you return to ease.

3. Increased Baseline Anxiety: Chronic Stress

Anxiety doesn’t always scream — more often in today’s world it’s a constant, low level buzz. Increased baseline anxiety feels like a persistent inner tension or discomfort that becomes your new normal. You might not even know why you’re on edge; it’s just there, weighing you down. Trauma often rewires your subconscious stress response, raising your baseline unease. Spotting this shift and acknowledging it allows you to begin resolving the root cause.

4. Decreased Mood: Joy Slips Away

If your mood feels dimmer—less joy, more irritability, or just a vague “blah”—trauma might be stealing your light. Decreased mood doesn’t always mean deep depression; it can be a subtle loss of enthusiasm or emotional bounce-back. 

5. Decreased Creativity: Your Imagination Stalls

Creativity is part of thriving, part of being human. But when we have trauma, it can feel like we don’t have the energy, time, or resources to just play. Without the ability to relax and enjoy, creativity dries up and we can feel disconnected from that essential part of ourselves. Your nervous system is too busy in survival mode to dream and doodle. Trauma shifts your focus to protection over exploration, but releasing it can unlock that creative flow again.

6. Compromised Sleep: Rest Becomes Elusive

Compromised sleep might mean shorter nights, poorer quality, frequent wake-ups, or even anxiety about drifting off. Rumination—those looping thoughts—often tags along, keeping your nervous system on alert when it should be winding down. Addressing the underlying trauma allows your nervous system to wind down and you to get the sleep you need to be well.

The Path Forward: Release, Reclaim, Repeat

Your body is smart. It knows how to heal. These symptoms aren’t because your body is broken, even though it can feel like that. They are signs that you’ve been carrying a heavy weight without realizing it. Releasing the trauma through remote kinesiology sessions is like putting that weight down. When we release trauma, we can reclaim our energy and return to the well being that we know is possible. 

Remote Clarity sessions use kinesiology to identify and release the specific trauma behind your physical condition. These sessions are done remotely, so you can untie the knots underlying your pain no matter where you are. 

Ready to step back into your vitality? You can book a free discovery call and find more information on Clarity sessions on my website. You deserve to feel amazing in your body and at home in your mind. No matter what it feels like now, know that healing is possible.

In service,

Dr. Kent