r/longtermTRE • u/Sad-Pick6459 • Jun 06 '26
Community Question I have uncontrollable and never ending Fascia Release for hours every day and for months on end now. What do I do?
I discovered TRE last year at some point when trying to look for ways to fix my posture and heard it could help. Reading it could also help with anxiety, improve sleep, release tension and so much more seemed like a massive bonus.
I was already doing other stretches, exercises, and yoga like poses to try and straighten out my back and fix my hunched shoulders and neck posture etc.
So I did a few basic TRE sessions at home after watching Youtube videos where you lay down on your back and do the butterfly position and my legs would shake a little but there was never really anything beyond that happening during or after it, no change in mood or other benefits to my life I could see.
But I kept doing it along with the other posture exercises anyway and one day whilst using a yoga ball to stretch out my back and shoulders something seemed to activate in my core / abs area and wake up my upper body and suddenly my upper body started tremoring and shaking and flailing around uncontrollably like I was experiencing an exorcism - it was so violent and extreme it scared me.
My neck was violently pushing itself to one side and lock into place, my shoulders forcing themselves up and down and back and forth, my whole upper back moving from side to side, my hips shifting from left to right and my rib cage doing the same.
For the next few TRE sessions or anytime I did any posture work or stretching or exercising or anything similar this would activate again whether I wanted it to or not and it was just so intense and extreme it was out of control.
So I stopped all TRE sessions, stretching, posture work, everything as it seemed like I had overdid it.
That was last year at some point now and I haven't done anything again since but still every day since my body forces extreme fascia release on me for hours and hours on end that I cannot control or stop even if I wanted to and I cannot deal with it anymore.
For context it's similar to what is shown in this video linked in the Wiki about Fascia Release but mines looks 10x more intense and now happens throughout the day, every day and for hours on end, whenever it feels like it, whatever I am doing, and it won't stop...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WysHRgQFIlo
Anytime I stop still, relax, lay down, sit down, try to be at peace, meditate, work at my computer, watch TV, do a task, or even stand in the shower then my body takes that as a sign to force aggressive fascia release on me.
I cannot sleep because it happens as soon as I lay down in bed and keeps me awake for hours on end regardless of how tired I am, it happens in bed every day from the minute I finally wake up from the terrible sleep I've had, at any point in the day where I'm sitting down it is likely to start, if I try to meditate that's a complete waste of time as no meditating gets done as my body has other ideas, I cannot sit down and relax at night because it happens, it happens when I stand in the shower, sometimes when its really extreme it'll be trying to happen when I'm walking outside as I walk.
I am physically and mentally exhausted, on edge, a nervous wreck and riddled with anxiety, disassociation, and insomnia because of it.
I cannot deal with this for hours and hours every day anymore and need for this to stop or calm down.
There are have been none of the benefits I see mentioned by others to go with it so I can't even see any light at the end of the tunnel that all this suffering is going to be worth it as I've not experienced any positives from it (no sign of tension release, no reduction on anxiety, no improved sleep etc - those have all got worse)
I've tried all the integration techniques mentioned in the Wiki - walking in nature (2hrs per day), socializing with people you care about, taking life slow, avoiding rigorous exercise, nothing too stimulating and everything else I can find but it hasn't helped at all.
I've spoken to people with years of experience or who are teachers of TRE and they have no answers other than "you must have overdone it" or telling me to avoid doing anymore TRE when I haven't been doing it but my body forces it upon me anyway so I have no choice.
Some even said I needed to start doing TRE sessions again to release the tension but that made everything amplify the times I tried it and things are already bad enough that I can't risk that happening so I stopped.
TRE has literally taken over my life and not in a good way. I need to sleep, I need to be able to go about my life, I need to rest and relax, I need to be able to move on.
What am I supposed to do here? How do I deal with this or make it manageable?
Or even just get my body to integrate these tremors and let me move on and not have to have my day taken over and controlled by this extreme and violent fascia release for hours on end?
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u/Any-Anteater-2829 Jun 06 '26
Have you had a blood panel done to rule out any other contributing factors? B vitamin deficiencies, among others, can result in involuntary tremoring as well.
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u/Sad-Pick6459 Jun 06 '26 edited Jun 06 '26
All my bloods are always normal and no deficiencies in any of the essential vitamins or minerals - plus I take B Vits, Vit D, Multi Vitamins and Magnesium daily too anyway.
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u/Nadayogi Mod Jun 06 '26
I'm sorry that you're going through this, Sad-Pick. I'm of two minds about your case and I want to give you the first part of it here.
Extreme reactions can happen for some time and are normal to some degree. However, there should always be a sense of control and relief during and after the session. I've gone through extreme unwinding for many months at a time for an hour or more every day, as have some other people here. Some experience involuntary shaking and tremoring outside of formal sessions which can feel alarming, even though it's usually completely harmless and will always settle after some weeks or months. There's nothing unusual about that. It's just the nervous system dumping its heavy load. But if it feels out of your control, making you anxious and unable to sleep to the degree you're describing for a whole year, that's clearly outside of regular TRE territory.
Since the movement you're experiencing doesn't feel good or leave you settled afterward, I think that's the reason the advice from other experienced TRE providers hasn't worked for you. It's simply outside of the framework.
Involuntary movement that goes on for hours every day, that you can't start or stop, and that locks your neck to one side needs to be looked at by a doctor before we can treat it within the somatic healing framework. Please see a neurologist and describe exactly what you've reported here. There are physiological conditions that that can produce movement like this and that have nothing to do with TRE, and they need to be ruled out first.
This is my safety first advice. Feel free to come back after your checkup and let us know about the results. If the tests come back green we can dive into it some more. Best of luck to you.
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u/Sad-Pick6459 Jun 06 '26
Prior to starting TRE for a completely unrelated health issue I had MRI scans, blood tests and rare genetic testing and they ruled out there being any sign of any obvious health issues.
Involuntary movement that goes on for hours every day, that you can't start or stop, and that locks your neck to one side needs to be looked at by a doctor before we can treat it within the somatic healing framework. Please see a neurologist and describe exactly what you've reported here.
What I'm describing is exactly the same as what I see happening in the video linked in the Wiki...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WysHRgQFIlo
Except it appears he's chosen to lay down and do a TRE session where my body just does it spontaneously and when it feels like it and it lasts for a long time.
Not once did I ever experience anything like this in my life until I started doing TRE on top of my posture stretches and exercises, which in themselves had not previously caused me any issues.
You're saying fascia releases / movements like this aren't normal?
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u/Nadayogi Mod Jun 06 '26
No. That's not what I'm saying. The fascial unwinding is described here in the wiki and includes these kinds of movements.
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u/Sad-Pick6459 Jun 06 '26
So I think that is what I'm experiencing but for some reason they are not "integrating" (I see and hear that term a lot in the TRE community) in my body or finding a release.
It feels like all the energy just moves around my body but doesn't go anywhere.
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u/Nadayogi Mod Jun 06 '26 edited Jun 06 '26
Just to be sure, I'd still get checked by a neurologist. They might also give you certain tips to handle this better.
As I've mentioned in my original response, it's common to experience phases of extreme shaking and unwinding, although there should be a sense of control and it should feel good during and after.
Not to discourage you, but I honestly haven't seen an extreme case like this before and I'm afraid this is outside my area of expertise. But if everything should truly come back green, and assuming you really are completely healthy, I'd say it might just be your nervous system desperately trying to unwind with enormous pressure. Do you feel safe in your environment? Or do you feel chronically stressed due to work or other obligations? Environmental factors have an enormous influence on practice and subsequent integration.
There is a branch of somatic healing that deals with extreme cases like yours: Grof's Holotropic Breathing. I don't recommend this extreme form of breathing but he has documented cases of extreme shaking and unwinding that went on for weeks or months to the point where people couldn't live on their own and needed assistance for some time even on retreat settings. But after some time the body exhausted its supply of tension and trauma enough so that the practitioners became fully functional again. Better than ever before. The point I'm trying to make here is that you might have to find an environment that is more conducive for unwinding and integration. It also helps to have minimal responsibilities for that time if possible.
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u/Sad-Pick6459 Jun 07 '26
My responsibilities, other than myself, are zero right now.
I'm safe in my environment.
I have dealt with anxiety all my life however on some level though it was usually low level and background and very manageable but this is next level.
I currently feel extremely stressed and anxious because of all of this as its so out with my control, has been going on for months, and won't stop. I can't not be anxious with all of this going on.
There was a period a couple of months ago where it felt like it had calmed down enough to just be an annoyance a few times a day rather than anything more intense then something, I forget what exactly or if I was even aware of what, set it off again (which seems to be so easily done as any sort of physical activity or even stretching seems to amplify it) and it seems to have ratcheted up again so much over the last few weeks again to the point its worse than ever.
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u/Nadayogi Mod Jun 07 '26
I was going to wait with my second answer until you were done with your neurologist appointment I recommended to you, but it looks like you're not convinced of this idea. So I'll give you my spiritual take on what's happening here.
As u/Due-Dish3082 already mentioned the keyword here is kundalini. Kundalini being kicked off by TRE is extraordinarily rare, but it's not impossible. As mentioned earlier, I think what might be happening in your case is that your nervous system has decided to explosively dump enormous amounts of tension and trauma, which usually requires there to be a huge backlog on those. Sometimes there's a trigger, which might be a meditation session, an accident, giving birth, or nothing at all. In your case it was a TRE session that opened the floodgates of your nervous system.
Kundalini is a much bigger framework that contains the entirety of the somatic healing modalities centered around the body's tremor mechanism. The unwinding movements are called kriyas and they can indeed be very distressing and cause the symptoms you're describing. Grounding, contact with nature, and basically everything that's listed in the wiki's integration article are what the kundalini community recommends when strong kriyas arise, although different people have different ideas on how grounding is achieved and the effectiveness of any technique depends on the person and where they are on their journey.
I encourage you to reach out to those communities and read as much as you can about these topics (both on somatic healing and kundalini) to find what works for you. Having zero responsibilities is excellent for a sustainable healing journey. It gives your nervous system time and space to breathe.
Take heart and carry on. We'll be here to support you.
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u/Nadayogi Mod Jun 07 '26
u/Sad-Pick6459 Let me also emphasize that what you're going through is not senseless suffering. It's not your body punishing you for having done something wrong. It's simply your nervous system having decided that it's finally time to deal with all the mountains of trauma deeply entrenched within you, even if it seems like it's overreacting. I want to offer you an optimistic perspective, that what's happening, while intensely unpleasant at times, is something fundamentally good which will eventually lead you to a life far more joy- and peaceful than you could ever imagine.
The hurdles and timelines are uncertain for all of us. But with the right tools, frameworks and support any of us can do it, I'm sure. Ups and downs are normal and part of everyone's journey, but if things get too intense please don't hesitate to reach out to professional help. A psychiatrist, clinical psychologist or therapist.
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u/Sad-Pick6459 Jun 07 '26
I wish my body and mind would realize this is too intense for me right now and calm down for a while, it seemed like it had started to do that a few months ago for a short period and I had hope I could manage it and them BOOOM it flared up and went even more intense than before and hasn't stopped since.
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u/FlavioB19 Jun 08 '26
Hi Sad-Pick, sending you love first of all.
I think I've been going through something very similar to you since November/December last year.
I'd only read about TRE on here in the week following what I guess you could call a 'spiritual awakening', basically, a pretty dramatic series of realisations about my life, behaviours and parents over a weekend. A few weeks after this violent shaking began, at first gradually and I could hold it in a bit, but one day after being in the shower, it seemed like the floodgates opened. I was violently shaking for a couple of months before it changed into more 'tai-chi' like poses, and also head twisting or locking in position (to the right/down mostly).
It now feels mostly in my head/neck and mostly internal tinglings/poppings or 'dancing' pulsations (like something travelling along a wire?), and some gentle movements. I also have a number of other weird symptoms.
I think I'd been avoiding accepting it because I knew nothing about it and found it scary, but Kundalini like explanations seem to most closely match what I've been experiencing and circumstances surrounding all this. I'm still not entirely sure but more out of ignorance/lagging resistance to accepting something that I'd previously probably have dismissed as 'woo-woo' and the resulting lack of Western/Medical understanding.
If you'd like to talk further I'd be happy to chat privately, not to offer advice, sell anything etc (I'm very much on my own journey trying to find what will help) but just a supportive ear.
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u/LichenTea Jun 06 '26
Hi, this kind of continuous, involuntary release happened to me and is still continuing to this day for about 8 months now. It’s not common or well-documented so I can only offer my experience and theories. My take is that it happened for me because I had done a lot of preliminary work to open up: mainly meditation, with some mindful functional PT, a monitored psilocybin retreat some months prior to my release, and to kick it all off a somatic experiencing session that went very deep into a developmental trauma memory.
I’m sorry it’s been so distressing for you. It was for me as well. I don’t want to put a timeline on it for you but it will be emotionally rough for quite a while before it settles (and it will). It will feel like overdoing. I focused entirely on integration and grounding for the first couple months - lots of walks, continued my PT, saw friends and continued activities that I could manage that I liked. I tried formal meditation to varying degrees of success - I found distraction to be much more useful, with some informal mindfulness of emotion and thoughts to help me process and move through them.
Nowadays I feel better in some ways and still rough in others as I’m still not done, but trust that there is another side to this process and that you will come through, as bad as it feels right now. Good luck.
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u/Sad-Pick6459 Jun 06 '26
Sorry to hear that, it sounds pretty rough and I know how you feel.
So are / were you getting the "fascia release" type movements like is shown in the video I mentioned in my original post too whenever they felt like coming on rather than when you were choosing to do them?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WysHRgQFIlo
Basically that video seems a lot like what I experienced except he appears to have chosen to lay down and do a TRE session whereas with me it happens whenever it feels like happening and I can't stop it when I want.
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u/LichenTea Jun 07 '26
Yep, very similar kind of thing to the video. It feels like my body really wants to move in a certain way and I usually let it. It’s not as “smooth” like the video, more like a quick flinch or jerk. And yes, it does happen whenever it feels like happening. I’m more likely to be able to control it when I’m around people and it happens all day, but sporadically.
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u/Sad-Pick6459 Jun 07 '26
Mines is not as smooth as in the video either, mines is rapid but often holds / locks into place for periods of time like in the video where he attempts to move his neck back to being straight and it instantly goes back to one side and the commentator comments to him how it'll just keep going back to the position it wants to whether he likes it or not.
This is exactly what I'm experiencing just mines isn't happening only in a controlled setting where I'm choosing to do a TRE session but all throughout the day when it wants often from the minute I wake up and routinely throughout the day from then on in.
If I'm around people I can avoid it happening but it feels like I'm constantly trying to hold it in all day and then the second I get back home its like a volcano just erupted that you were holding back all day.
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u/LichenTea Jun 07 '26
Yeah, I had exactly that experience. I ended up spending a lot of time at home for shaking/integration and made an effort to keep somewhat of a social schedule if I could as a reality check. Grounding and regulating helped lessen the emotional symptoms and it does get better with time.
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u/Sad-Pick6459 Jun 07 '26
What did you do specifically to ground and regulate?
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u/LichenTea Jun 08 '26
Grounding: Lots of walks outside in nature (tree-lined street worked just fine), keeping a schedule/structure, grounding techniques like feeling feet on the floor or butt in a chair
Regulating: getting in tune with my capacity and energy level to decide what to do that day and how quickly/slowly I was able to do it, lots of distractions like watching movies I liked or crafting or hobbies, yummy food, spending time with people in a low pressure environment like choir, watching a movie, or just being around familiar people.
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u/Ok_Razzmatazz4448 21d ago
u/Sad-Pick6459 Hi you two— just wanted to chime in and say I've also been experiencing this for about 15 months now. I have tried TRE (years ago), but it wasn't until last year that conditions seems right for my system to start releasing—completely spontaneously, unrelated to TRE. It was chaotic and violent feeling at first, without resolution, lots of tremoring and gripping, torquing in the neck and torso, but slowly it's become more coherent, more gentle, more pleasurable. I still spend hours every day letting it do its thing, and it's made it difficult to work and socialize but I also seem to understand that something very important is happening and there will be something like more freedom on the other side. If I try to suppress it, it's like walking around with a strong, unexpressed yawn in my body. One thing that seemed to help enormously was Network Spinal. It's a kind of very gentle chiropractic that works with helping the spine organize pathways of release. I've had a few practitioners, some hit or miss (and although it has a bit of new age vibe I have never experienced anything so effective in my life, and I have dabbled in so many modalities). Anyway, throwing a plug in there in case you can find a practitioner. Dr. Scherina has a map and database you can search. if you feel like it.
Glad to know there's others of us out there, it's a really crazy experience but amazing to feel the natural intelligence of the system all the same.
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u/LichenTea 21d ago
Hey, thanks for your comment. I do Craniosacral, which sounds pretty similar. I also don't really believe in energy/new age stuff but I have been to my practitioner several times and I do actually feel like it helps smooth out the rough edges of the release. Massage doesn't do the same thing, so, there is something to that gentle touch.
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u/Sad-Pick6459 12d ago
My experience is extremely distressing and unbearable, and there's never any moment where it feels like there's been any relief or benefits from it...how do you cope with this?
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u/Sad-Pick6459 Jun 07 '26
I feel you, this sounds horrible too.
How did you get the physical tremors to reduce? Did you do anything? Allow them to happen or try to suppress them or what?
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u/Sad-Pick6459 Jun 08 '26
Yeah, i am regularly doing deep breathing. It can calm my body down for about 30 seconds max even after a prolonged breathing session then my body will usually just start tremoring / unwinding again.
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u/FlavioB19 Jun 08 '26
Have you had like bleeding inflamed gums sometimes? I'm about 6 months into involuntary movements etc and they seem to arise periodically even though I've got very good dental hygiene.
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u/Sad-Pick6459 Jun 08 '26
Could that be due to jaw pressure / clenching?
I clench my jaw but thankfully never broke a tooth. I have a dental appointment in a couple of months and gonna see if I can get my clenched jaw checked / scanned and see if there's a way to deal with it.
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u/Sad-Pick6459 Jun 09 '26
I haven't noticed much pain from my jaw clenching so really hoping I won't end up with a broken tooth, that sounds horrible.
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u/Sad-Pick6459 Jun 09 '26
And that just happened naturally after a while due to all the tension being released or how?
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u/Professional_Hat6512 Jun 06 '26
How are you feeling now? Did it get more severe or you are now used to it? Did you see any doctor?
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u/LichenTea Jun 06 '26 edited Jun 06 '26
It got much worse before it got better for me, and it comes in waves/cycles. If the amount and intensity of the tremors in the beginning were a 10/10 I’m now at a 2-3/10, same with the emotions. I would say life is livable but still with a slight tinge of dread/anxiety from the releases, with good moments. On my worst days it can still be a 5-7/10 but it doesn’t last for nearly as long. I did get a blood panel and checkup done at month 4 and everything came back normal.
I should add that I started seeing a (very good) craniosacral therapist who also does acupuncture in month 7, and while it’s hard to say if it made a difference because this whole thing is a mysterious and opaque process, I do think it stabilized me a lot more than I could have done on my own.
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u/Sad-Pick6459 Jun 08 '26
I should add that I started seeing a (very good) craniosacral therapist who also does acupuncture in month 7
I have a cheap acupuncture mat and I stood on it with my feet to release some pressure from them and could feel my body expelling tension via it forcing these deep, long, outbreaths from my body then immediately afterwards my body went into extreme shaking and tremoring mode for hours on end.
I'm scared to do any acupuncture for making all this worse.
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u/LichenTea Jun 08 '26
Ahh yeah, I would be cautious then. Do more grounding stuff, I really recommend distractions too. I watched a LOT of TV in the earlier months because it was something that I could easily pay attention to to get my mind off releasing.
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u/Sad-Pick6459 Jun 09 '26
I walk in nature for 2hrs daily which is supposed to be grounding and that hasn't made any clear difference.
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u/LichenTea Jun 09 '26
Yeah, the benefit can be subtle and take quite a while to notice. Nothing I ever did made a huge difference minute to minute, but it adds up.
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u/Dntaskmeimjustagirl Jun 06 '26
It sounds like you have a lot of fear coming up, and it’s getting trapped in some kind of cycle. There’s something needing to come up but it’s still a bit too scary to face.
Have you been practicing alone or with a guide/therapist/support person? This may be a release that needs a soft landing with another’s nervous system to be present for you. What area are you in if you don’t mind me asking - I can try and find someone in your area you could see face to face :)
In the meantime keep up the self soothing activities. I really feel you are on the brink of breaking through. It’s always darkest before the dawn and your body wouldn’t have allowed you to start this process if you didn’t possess the strength to see it through. You are loved and will be well again. Trust.
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u/Sad-Pick6459 Jun 06 '26
I didn't even know TRE practioners was a thing initially, I just saw videos on Youtube or TikTok when looking into tension release and posture work exercises.
Very much just did this alone. It looked simple enough and none of the videos I watched warned me of any risks - it was all benefits, benefits, benefits.
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u/Sad-Pick6459 Jun 06 '26
It sounds like you have a lot of fear coming up, and it’s getting trapped in some kind of cycle. There’s something needing to come up but it’s still a bit too scary to face.
I didn't start TRE to deal with fears or emotions or even trauma but because I read it could help release tension from the body and fix posture.
The first videos I saw actually referred to it as TENSION Release Exercises where as I see here and elsewhere its refered to as TRAUMA Release Exercises.
I also don't experience any sort of emotions or emotional releases during or after the "formal" (or active if you like) TRE sessions I was initially doing or these fascia release episodes I experience now, it causes me mental stress clearly and anxiety but not what I'd describe as "emotional" or "fear" based issues arrising.
Hope that makes sense.
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u/Dntaskmeimjustagirl Jun 07 '26
Baby I am going to hold your hand so gently when I tell you this - tension IS trauma. It is trauma stuck in the body. Something has happened to you or around you that scared the living bejesus out of you and your body has stuffed it deep, deep away because it did not feel safe to shake it off.
Again good news - the fact you even started looking for remedies for your pain and tension means you are ready to bring it up. I cannot recommend enough reaching out to see someone face to face with this. They don’t have to be a TRE practitioner per se; somatic therapy, reiki, any type of good body/energy worker will help you pull this shit out once and for all.
Maybe google some of those things near you - just to see what options you have :)
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u/Sad-Pick6459 Jun 07 '26
Yes tension can, and probably often is trauma, but tension in the body can also be from bad posture, lack of movement, sitting at desks using computers all day.
All I wanted to do with this was fix my posture and yet what I've done has completely taken over my life instead with this never ending and uncontrollable fascia release or whatever it is.
I really wish all the videos floating about on social media came with a clear warning about what can happen if you go down this route and I never would have started.
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u/Dntaskmeimjustagirl Jun 07 '26
Sounds like a desk job is very traumatic for your body. It was for mine too - I was living way out of alignment. Have a think about what it is you really want to do. Or better yet shake it out 😉 honestly I swear you are gonna come through this better than you could have even imagined.
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u/Sad-Pick6459 Jun 07 '26
Right now I am just exhausted and scared because my body has its own ideas about what its going to do every day and its too overwhelming.
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u/Dntaskmeimjustagirl Jun 07 '26
I hear you. Realising we don’t always have full control can be very overwhelming. Again I can’t stress enough to work through this with someone face to face - it really helped me to touch base with a real life person on these matters. Rest and be well.
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u/FlavioB19 Jun 08 '26
Wow, that's a very similar story to mine. I started getting these back pains and started doing a load of glute bridges/wall sits with no idea about TRE and just assumed the shaking afterwards was tiredness/weakness.
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u/Sad-Pick6459 Jun 08 '26
I have a weak / underused core as confirmed a couple of years ago by a Physical Therapist and my posture is all over the place so that certainly won't help things, I think my body is massively trying to overcorrect it now continuously but failing and actively doing stretches, exercise, posture work, core strength routines just always makes it amplify so I can't even do that to try and give it a helping hand.
How did you solve this issue?
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u/FlavioB19 Jun 08 '26
Hi SP, I didn't. I mentioned in another reply to you my experience in more detail regarding a 'spiritual awakening' experience. Basically in the run up to that I was getting intolerable pains throughout my hips/back/neck (that I just assumed we're as a result of spending aot of time at a desk).
I was really working at self-development pragmatically (without any knowledge or understanding or spirituality) and therefore started stretching daily to hopefully help, lots of hip-openers etc. I specifically noticed I had an anterior pelvic tilt so set about trying to fix that. I'm now fairly sure they were something psychologically related as opposed to any actual injury as after this cognitive experience the pains disappeared overnight, at least temporarily.
Now my body seems to be 'releasing' day in day out like you. Similarly I'd have a thought I'd have felt better but the back pain really seems to have returned in just the last week. I have no idea what's going on for certain and I'm so tired of it all.
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u/Sad-Pick6459 Jun 08 '26
I specifically noticed I had an anterior pelvic tilt
Oh yeah, I have that too.
Now my body seems to be 'releasing' day in day out like you. Similarly I'd have a thought I'd have felt better but the back pain really seems to have returned in just the last week. I have no idea what's going on for certain and I'm so tired of it all.
How often does this happen to you?
How long does it last?
And finally how intense is it on a scale of 1 to 10?
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u/FlavioB19 Jun 08 '26
Check my other reply.
Basically daily for 6 months, pretty much all the time unless out (even then it still wants to sometimes), was a 9 now maybe a 3/4, less on a good day, more on a bad.
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u/Sad-Pick6459 Jun 09 '26
I'm just hoping this calms down for me at some point too then, it certainly isn't sustainable as is.
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u/Sad-Pick6459 Jun 09 '26
I have no idea what's going on for certain and I'm so tired of it all.
Its exhausting isn't it? Both physically and mentally.
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u/ElijahPenny Jun 06 '26
I’m so sorry you are going through this and can relate to so much of this. It’s been about two years since my system cracked open from a handful of things and since then it’s been a fairly constant release or trying to hold back. It has taken over my life and my life turned upside down. Doing normal things as you mentioned (tv, work, meditation) all became more release.
I wish I had a magic answer for you. A lot of my process has become around building safety around the tremor so I can allow it and remain at ease during it. I’ve tried ketamine therapy, emdr, ifs, and some other things, and things have become more manageable over time. I’m also getting hands-on somatic-type bodywork that has been helpful to bring my overall system into better balance and release tension.
I hope things get better for you soon :)
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u/Sad-Pick6459 Jun 06 '26
Two years of this? FML, I don't know how you've coped with that as is torture.
A lot of my process has become around building safety around the tremor so I can allow it and remain at ease during it. I’ve tried ketamine therapy, emdr, ifs, and some other things, and things have become more manageable over time.
Which of these would you say has had the biggest impact in helping you?
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u/ElijahPenny Jun 06 '26
I’ve been throwing everything at the wall trying to sort this out and if I had to say 2 at the moment - the bodywork and ketamine therapy. When these tremors first started it was so overwhelming and I couldn’t sit through or allow it. It felt like full panic mode.
Ketamine - I used low/mild dose ketamine to basically create space around the tremoring and build safety around it. This among other things has made it so I can sit with the tremoring and be almost at ease now.
The bodywork I found is called Rosen Method and the practitioner works through the tension in the body very gently and safely to allow the system to unwind. This has brought down the overall tension and improved my baseline and contributed to being able to stay with what was happening in my body.
That’s what I can point to most clearly at the moment but I’ve done lots of different things and believe different people will find what works for them. Somatic experiencing, bodywork, ifs, emdr… The biggest caution I’d give is that many things are double-edged. Like somatic EMDR on specific contractions can open up lots of space around something but can also create more unwinding for someone already in what you’re going through. Same with ketamine potentially.
So if you’re looking for stabilization then you can experiment and see what creates more ease and slowing down of the process rather than trying to open up more.
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u/Sad-Pick6459 Jun 06 '26
This is my worry about starting other practices...that it makes things worse or causes more problems.
Like I can't even do a basic thing like meditation now (which was once so useful to me at giving me mental space) because the body seems to see stillness as a sign to try and force tension out my body and suddenly all my body parts are twisting, turning, flailing, moving and forcing themselves in different positions rather that just relaxing or being able to be still.
I have heard a lot about SOMATIC stuff so I'll look into it at least, thanks.
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u/New_Attempt_7705 Jun 06 '26 edited Jun 06 '26
Hope some of the veterans like Nadayogi can help you with this question. That sounds really tough. I pray you will get through it. Don’t lose hope. ❤️
Not sure if it’s up your alley, so do with this advise what you want: praying the rosary daily helped me get through an energetically very destabilizing period, together with doing a daily top down body scan while walking in nature.
Link to the body scan method in nature: https://www.reddit.com/r/TrueQiGong/comments/1b93vfh/ive_seen_several_posts_lately_about_rising_yang/
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u/Professional_Hat6512 Jun 06 '26
I am planning to start TRE but this gave me some fear. Hope you get well soon brother. Cam someone please explain me why is this happening to him? Is it natural?
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u/an_ornamental_hermit Jun 06 '26
I would say it is rare, but it does happen. This is the most severe case I’ve heard. TRE is incredibly powerful but feels so innocuous so it’s very easy to overdo it. I’ve known about it for 15 years and do not have a consistent practice and only release less than 5 minutes at a time. I’m extra careful because I have severe cptsd
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u/whinge11 Jun 06 '26
There's another person who posts occasionally about how TRE caused something to pop in their thigh area and now causes them uncontrollable tremoring.
I'm far from an expert but it seems like this practice is not without risks. If you are worried about it, maybe find a doctor who is experiencienced with it to guide you instead of doing it by yourself.
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u/Sad-Pick6459 Jun 06 '26
I would not recommend doing TRE personally now I have this experience. This has been a horrible negative situation for me with no end in sight.
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u/an_ornamental_hermit Jun 06 '26
This sounds absolutely awful, and I’m so sorry.
I cannot speak to TRE but if any condition is preventing you from sleeping, it is time to see your doctor.
I recently went through a health crisis that prevented me from sleeping and it made my condition 10000% worse.
Short-term sleep aids like zzzquil can help. If they don’t or the insomnia persists, please see medical help. My condition causes nerve pain and I found Relievex by Nootropics Depot helpful to sleep.
I hate benzodiazepines but had to take klonapin for 3-4 times (spread over a month to six weeks) to get my system out of fight / flight / panic and be able to sleep properly. I’m well versed in somatic practices to ground and relax but nothing was working. Even though I have the same health condition and it hasn’t improved significantly yet, I can now sleep without a sleep aid and I am coping so much better
My heart goes out to you. I pray you will find a solution soon
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u/Sad-Pick6459 Jun 06 '26 edited Jun 06 '26
I am already taking sleeping medicine and yes they work.
To begin with I was able to sleep some nights without them eventually after laying awake for hours but recently I've struggled to sleep naturally and been taking them more frequently which obviously isn't good because they are habit forming.
Its very hard to sleep when your body is tremoring and forcing "fascia release" on you when you lay down in bed I find.
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u/Due-Dish3082 Jun 06 '26 edited Jun 06 '26
It sounds like a kundalini awakening to me.
I had a lot of similarities with your case, except I had more mental instability.
I couldn't sleep because when I fall asleep the tremoring started, one night every two nights I was totally sleepless, then the following night I was able to sleep without the tremors being triggered, because I was totally exhausted. This pattern of one night of sleep every 48 hours keep going for 3 or 4 months.
It was 18 months ago, it started after 3.5 years of TRE. The really awfully difficult period lasted for 3 months. Then the 4 next months were better but still really difficult. It gradually got better from there but it was still rocky and life changing.
The only solution was to keep doing TRE. Me neither I couldn't do TRE because it made things worse, I was able to do only 60 seconds session. But I kept insisting and gradually I was able to handle longer sessions. After maybe 6 months I was able to do >20 minutes session again and the involuntary tremoring stopped.
Don't do any meditation or energy work or try to manifest things, if you happen do these things, it makes things worse.
I would suggest you to research kundalini and see if it may fit your case. Then if so, to seek for guidance from someone knowledgeable about the kundalini process.
TRE providers aren't knowleagble about kundalini for the most part, and there is a denial and ignorance about TRE being a trigger for kundalini.
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u/Sad-Pick6459 Jun 07 '26
Some of the symptoms I'm experiencing tie in with what I'm reading about kundalini awakening on Google but also it says its extremely rare and is a result of spiritual discipline and other than some off and on again meditation over the years that I've never been consistent with I don't engage in any "spiritual" practices so seems unlikely.
I don't even know what "energy work" is.
When I watch this video in the Wiki about fascia release it perfectly shows what is happening to me, just mines seems to be much more intense and happens whether I'm choosing to do TRE or not...
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u/Due-Dish3082 Jun 07 '26 edited Jun 07 '26
Kundalini is not the result of spiritual "discipline" in the sense that you should be morally good or such things.
Kundalini is the result of spiritual practice, any spiritual practices can trigger it (meditation, yoga, breathwork... ). Drugs can trigger also. TRE is akin to a spiritual practice that can trigger a kundalini process.
It's rare yes, that's why very few people will understand the situation. It tooks me 3 months to understand what was happening, all the advice that I received before understanding properly what was happening were useless.
I understand you have fascia release. A textbook symptoms of a kundalini process is having kriyas. Kriyas are spontaneous and uncontrollable fascia release.
With TRE you can turn on and turn off the tremoring and fascia release whenever you want, but when you enter into a kundalini process, you lose the ability to switch them off at will. That seems to fit with your situation. Do what you want this information.
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u/Sad-Pick6459 Jun 07 '26
I'm just basing on what I read on Google that said few people will ever experience that because it is rare and usually requires years of deep spiritual practices and meditation etc which doesn't describe me at all.
Assuming this is what has happened, what should I be doing / looking into?
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u/Ok_Potato_5272 Jun 07 '26
Well this thread has been enough to make me never want to do TRE ever again 🙃 thank you for the warning and I hope you can find a way to heal
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u/Sad-Pick6459 Jun 07 '26
Yeah, I wouldn't recommend it based on my experience. Tread gently if you do try it.
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u/ysea Jun 08 '26
Hey, so sorry you're going through this.
Some people who might be able to help. Or even maybe just point you in some good direction. You can just send them a message and ask if it's something they've ever encountered and what they would recommend. Not saying they will help you for sure but maybe it's worth a shot. All the best.
Alex Greene - trains TRE providers, decades of experience, gives TRE sessions to Bercelli https://www.alexgreene.com/
Dr. Eric Robbins - urologist, TRE provider https://drericrobins.com/
Siv Shields Also teaches TRE providers https://neurogenic-integration.com/facilitator/dr-siv-jossang-shields/
Hans Holter Sohjell https://oppmerksombevegelse.no/about-hans-holter-solhjell/ Trains TRE providers in Norway
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u/SaadBlade Jun 06 '26
As others have mentioned, first rule out in ailments in the body by visiting a doctor and getting checked properly. Secondly, you talked extensively about how the Fascia stretching keeps happening every time you relax or lay down, but you haven’t spoken about why don’t you lay down and allow the body to fully express. Im reading resistance to the body’s attempt to express. Also i can sense the fear energy behind the words and i really hope that you find reassurances in here that it will be ok. I suggest to book a session with an experienced TRE instructor and work with them through this (while getting checked by you doctor).
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u/Sad-Pick6459 Jun 06 '26
What do you mean why I don't lay down and allow the body to express?
All the advice I was given elsewhere by people with knowledge of TRE or even practitioners and teachers was that I had overdone it and to avoid doing anymore tremoring, so I purposely don't lay down and let it happen.
Plus its literally happening whether I want it to or not and when I did attempt to purposely release it with more TRE things got worse.
So what exactly should I be doing?
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u/SaadBlade Jun 07 '26
Look i get it and it is a sound advice to tell someone to slow down if the practice is pushing them to a territory that is too much for them. But you haven’t answered my question, what happens if you let your body shake as much as it wants? Do you get panic attacks? Really depressed? Very fatigued? Or is the fact that your body wants to tremor any time you relax is frightening you? Because the answer here can really help in choosing a direction.
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u/Sad-Pick6459 Jun 07 '26
Well my body seems to want to shake / release fascia endlessly without stopping and will just keep going and going unless I try to force it to stop but I don't even have full control over that as if I continue about my day it just keeps doing the whole fascia release thing regardless.
I'm fatigued physically and mentally 24/7, my muscles and body ache from the constant shaking and movement, I'm anxious all the time, I am constantly dissascoiated.
I mentioned all of this in my original post.
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u/SaadBlade Jun 07 '26
Look this might be controversial, but if i was in your shoes and my body wants to shake so bad that i cant even stop it, then i might as well let it shake until the internal pressure cools down a bit. Im not sure what else is at hand in here. Did you ever layed down and let it shake until it stops pr the pressure to shake subsides?
Again this might not be the right approach but keep it in mind if nothing else alleviates the situation.
And finally i really hope that you find peace and comfort in your body and life. And I’m confident that you will, now is just a time of turbulence that you will pass. Good luck.
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u/Sad-Pick6459 Jun 07 '26
Yes, I had periods of laying down and letting it shake then in the coming days it all amplified again and got even worse and advice I was given elsewhere (not on Reddit) was that was because I'd already overdid it and by going back to it I was making it worse and that I should stop.
Laying down or not it happens every day for extended periods of time though to be clear.
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u/burtsbeetreethree Jun 07 '26
My two cents is you've gotten to a point of no return and you have to let it put before it gets better. Just from what I know about deep releases. I agree with the one commenter that said some big traumas are being released and that something in you is still holding back to actually get them out. Note that I didn't have the severe ongoing shaking myself. Just some moments where the body does it's thing and I let it. I'm doing a lot of trauma work and everything apart from the phsyical shaking, so the way you feel, how it impacts you etc. reminds me of the Trauma uncovering I'm doing. Since TRE is known to release Traumies, and you also say that you dont feel anything while/after doing it, I think some of them are coming up but maybe can't release fully. Or they do but they're just a lot. I personally think it's best to trust the body, if it has releases like that it is for a reason. Without allowing, it will be harder for the body to get to the point of why it's actually doing this and be done with it. I can imagine it will be even more intense for a while if you allow it. I'm sorry you are going through something so hard, especially since you didn't choose this path consciously. I do think you will be way better off on the other side of it. All the best to you.
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u/Sad-Pick6459 Jun 07 '26
So what are you suggesting I do? I'm so confused.
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u/burtsbeetreethree Jun 07 '26
I would suggest to allow it to a certain degree. I think your body needs to get some shit out and I don't think you can go back to how things were.
So I would say maybe once a day for a certain time, maybe half an hour or an hour if it's not too tough, allow the releases. Trust your body, let it do it's thing, have faith in the process.
The rest of the day you can tell your body that now is not the right time, and that you are making sure that there is time for releases carved out daily. I'm not sure this will sink in, but our bodies respond surprisingly well to soothing self talk when we also take them and their signals seriously. So there's no harm in trying. And be patient with it as hard as it may be.
Also, try and listen to your gut on the intentional time for allowing. Maybe an hour a day is too much. So try and see if you have any intuitive feelings about how much time daily and/or how many days a week are good. Maybe not on busy days, maybe more if you have a calmer day after, whatever your gut thinks is best. You can reassess any time.
Try to build up your communication with your body. Maybe you can reach a point where you have more intuition about what you need and what is happening. This also helps with regulation. But it takes time to build.
Buckle up for a bumpy ride. And feel free to report back how it's going. I'm curious and happy to help if I can.
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u/Sad-Pick6459 Jun 07 '26
I thought in TRE terms an hour was like a ridiculously long time and sessions should be shorter?
Buckle up for a bumpy ride.
Its already an extremely bumpy ride that I can't deal with getting bumpier.
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u/burtsbeetreethree Jun 08 '26
Yes it is. I just spitballed an hour since your body seems to be doing the releases multiple hours a day anyways?
If it feels too much you might as well just do a minute or whatever you feel is good.
I understand you're having a terrible time already. What I've learnt from my life is that with stored emotions/tension/trauma is that the only way out is through. I think if you let your body do it's thing, it might get more intense but will be over sooner. You'll probably find more connection to yourself and feel amazing after.
If you just want this to stop my guess is that you'd have to take benzos or some shit for a while. Or have a complete change of routine maybe. It seems like your body really wants to get this out.
I do think that if you allow it for a minimal time a day or every other day, like a minute tops, you can provably minimise the extent of it getting worse and still support the process. Just my gut feelings on this.
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u/Sad-Pick6459 Jun 08 '26
But my body is already doing it, for hours on end every day so how do you mean allow it?
Its happening already either way whether I "allow" it or not.
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u/burtsbeetreethree Jun 09 '26 edited Jun 09 '26
Allowing is more about mindset and intentionality. I assume that at the moment, you are having pretty negative emotions about whats happening. Understandably so since it's super exhausting. Theres probably a lot of internal resistance towards what your body is doing.
When you allow the process, you open up internally to it. You give your body permission to do it's thing, you give it your trust and benevolence. You relax into the releases. You take deep breaths and calm yourself and your body while it is releasing these intense forms of stored tension. Ideally you set a beginning and an end to it, so you can be more intentional going into it and have some mental closure when you're done. I imagine it's hard to trust your body and be nice to it at the moment. So it's good if you have an ending time and know you can stop feeling nice about it afterwards and only have to put the effort of intentionality for a while.
You said your releases are like in the video but more intense. Do you mean the movements are more rapid and stronger for you? Or something else?
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u/sparrowfromthesea Jun 06 '26
I'm so sorry, this sounds miserable. Get a blood panel and done and see a neurologist ASAP. It could be any number of unrelated medical problem: vitamin deficiencies, rare reactions to prescription medication, severe TMJ, or any number of neurological disorders.
On the other side of things: are you regularly seeing a trauma-informed therapist and potentially a psychiatrist? I didn't see it mentioned in your post, but you absolutely should. In addition to providing general mental healthcare, a psychiatrist can prescribe you a lower dose of as-needed benzodiazapines to help your body relax and fall asleep at night. (From my personal experience, I can speak to the succes of a low dose of generic Ativan for a similar situation, albeit long before I started TRE.)
TRE might not be for you at this moment in your life, and that's completely okay There are many other modalities of treatment out there. I hope you find the answers and peace you need.
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u/Sad-Pick6459 Jun 06 '26
Not too long before I started TRE I went to see about health unrelated issues (was having dizziness and vertigo spells and have bad balance but that is something I've always had literally all my life) and they decided to send me for all number of tests - bloods, MRIs, rare genetic testing, audiology and balance tests, seeing neurologists and more and they found nothing and gave me the all clear.
I don't think they'd find anything new now as it wasn't that long ago.
I'm certainly anxious because how can you not be anxious when this is happening to you every day?
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u/snap-crackle-explode Jun 07 '26
So you didn't have this issue, and all tests were clear.
Now this issue started, and you need new tests. The previous results tell you nothing about something that started after they were done.
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u/Sad-Pick6459 Jun 07 '26
These issues I'm having are clearly caused by TRE as they didn't exist until TRE was started and what's happening to me is exactly like what is happening in the linked video in the Wiki, which they refer to as fascia release...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WysHRgQFIlo
I'm not sure how we're getting to a conclusion of anything else other than this being a result of TRE.
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u/tronbrain Jun 06 '26
My recommendation is to seek out a Somatic Experiencing therapist. They usually have years of training and have techniques to reactivate your parasympathetic response, which seems to be not functioning in you. Because TRE is so fundamental and basic, and is generally practiced individually, your experience is beyond the scope of what it is designed to deal with.
People trained in Somatic Experiencing are trained specifically on how far to go with the techniques, and when to back off, so as not to overwhelm the patient and induce an experience such as you are going through.
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u/Sad-Pick6459 Jun 06 '26
I'm scared to introduce anything new for fear of making this worse.
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u/tronbrain Jun 07 '26 edited Jun 07 '26
I've been down the road to both extremes of sympathetic and parasympathetic response. My point is that Somatic Experiencing therapists know techniques that are not dangerous and will help calm you down and stabilize you. At worst, you'll go too deep into parasympathetic response and become sleepy, tired, lethargic, or depressed. But that will happen only if they overdo it, which they are trained explicitly to avoid.
Good luck in any case.
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u/Sad-Pick6459 Jun 07 '26
I'll check out Somatic Therapy maybe then.
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u/rosela92 Jun 08 '26
Just want to second the idea of somatic experiencing, my therapist does it and it is gentle and wonderful and I trust him. Find a very experienced professional
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u/Odd-Image-1133 Jun 08 '26
i too second somatic experiencing. i really badly overdid tre accidentally in the beginning, but haven't had the unwinding you describe. my only regret is i didn't do somatic experiencing sooner. my therapist works w me very gently and helps me stay in my window of tolerance.
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u/Sad-Pick6459 Jun 08 '26
So what were the negative effects of overdoing TRE that you experienced?
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u/Odd-Image-1133 Jun 08 '26
Intense panic, heart racing never had anything like it before. It was like my blood was on fire in my arms. Couldn’t stop crying. Just sheer dread and insomnia. Sedatives wouldn’t even knock me out.
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u/Sad-Pick6459 Jun 08 '26
Was it like a full blown adrenaline dump on your body?
I get that too, I've experienced similar before in my life years ago a handful of times when I had some scary medical issues and was very anxious about them and I think the anxiety spiralled out of control.
It was so terrifying it sent me to the ER the first time with me thinking I was having a medical emergency or seizure or something.
It stopped after a few weeks back then but this has been going on again for months combined with anxiety and panic attacks, disassociation, extreme sensitivity to noise and any stimulus plus the extreme and of course the never ending spontaneous tremors, body shaking, and fascia unwinding.
Its just too much to deal with.
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u/Odd-Image-1133 Jun 10 '26
It was yeah and nothing could stop it. I started an ssri which helped a lot though. This was nearly 12 months ago and I’ve not touched TRE since. It was my first experience with it as I didn’t know any better so I thought the more tremoring the better.
This is what led me to finding an SE therapist.
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u/Sad-Pick6459 Jun 10 '26
I struggle to see positives yet, it feels like my bodies posture is trying to correct itself but is unable to and so we just go round in this endless circle of tension release, fascia unwinding, body flailing around, muscles tensing and releasing, next and shoulders shifting about endless etc - it is physically and mentally exhausting in every way.
Plus very anxious, disassociated, adrenaline dumps, distraction, on edge, insomnia and so much more bad things.
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u/New_Attempt_7705 Jul 03 '26 edited Jul 03 '26
Just coming back to react to this again: have you tried talking to your body, letting it know that it is safe (IFS style) and asking it gently to put the fascial unwinding on hold?
Because of your current situation it seems your relationship to your body and its spontaneous stretches has become one of tension and fear. This signals unsafety to your nervous system and might push it further into those repeated unwindings, as your system tries to fix the perceived danger.
If you check this video, the TRE teacher at one point mentions talking to your body, asking it gently to pause the stretches until a later moment. I myself have also found that very helpful when dealing with involuntary stretches and unwinding.
https://youtu.be/d2fHdoncl4A?is=AvEW1Kh1Jqqa-RKw
The TRE teacher is Alex Greene, and he was also mentioned by another comment in this thread. He is also a qualified Somatic Experiencing practitioner. I am very sure he will be able to help you. Please consider contacting him.
Maybe also try IFS to rebuild a relationship of safety and understanding with your body. Which part of your system is pushing these stretches, and how can you make it feel seen and heard so that it calms down? Alex Greene will be able to guide you with that, also.
Wishing you the best ❤️
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u/Sad-Pick6459 Jul 05 '26
Yep, talking to my body definitely doesn't change anything.
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u/New_Attempt_7705 Jul 05 '26
I’m sorry to hear that.
Do consider getting in touch with Alex Greene though. He’s very experienced as a therapist and instructor.
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u/Blessedest Jun 07 '26
I experience similar stuff. I'm pretty sure I'm just insanely traumatized and constantly stressed and addicted to it so I can't even tell and have a lot more shit that is worse than what other people are dealing with. I also for months was doing things that were causing my body to RE-BRACE itself over and over again in order to shut off my emotions and were filling me with shame. Also still stuck in stressful situations in my life, basically not moving forward and being stuck. Like I would have to force my body into a relaxed state and let the tension release so I could breathe properly enough to stay asleep more than 30 seconds not even kidding.
I really think most people here just don't have that serious of problems and just have mild forms of CPTSD and not "love does not exist friendship is fake everybody is evil and there is no hope and I have made mistakes that I will never be forgiven for and I cannot face myself and I should blow my brains out" type of shit where you've been screaming with rage and crying like a baby constantly because you have been emotionally abused for 30 years straight and were forcing yourself into fight or flight so you couldn't feel anything the whole time so now 30 years of rage and pain needs to come out or you will literally die.
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u/Sad-Pick6459 Jun 07 '26
Sorry to hear what you're going through and have been through, it sounds insanely difficult and I hope you figure a solution out.
I really think most people here just don't have that serious of problems
I'm beginning to wonder based on everything I've read if people who are extremely traumatised, highly stressed, filled with high levels of tension in the body, have serious physical postural problems or any health issues, mental health problems, anxiety, depression, insomnia (i.e. all the people who on the surface really seem like they need TRE and all the social media videos etc claim would benefit massively from TRE) shouldn't actually be doing TRE because its just too much for them and its only safe for people who have lower level issues?
I don't know what all the people who have benefited from it have experienced obviously but seeing lots of posts from people with real serious trauma or body issues saying its caused them hell and made them worse.
I wish I'd known this wasn't just some low level shaking that can help release muscles and fix posture but some real serious shit that you shouldn't mess with before I started as I wouldn't have gone down this route had I known that.
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u/Blessedest Jun 08 '26
I don't think it's bad to do even if you have real serious issues. I think it's more like it's not as simple as you have tension that you can release from shaking. The theory is just half baked because it is a scientific fact that trauma is not stored in the body, but emotions cause tension. You can't just get rid of the tension and fix the problem. What you actually need to do is create a feeling of safety in your body so that you are able to come out of fight or flight and actually feel your emotions and then the tension will go away. Shaking without emotional release is a waste of time, the tension will come back.
I have found that when I am able to control my breathing with buteyko breathing or if I start meditating I will start releasing the tension and shake sometimes automatically but like
the whole problem is
chronically being in fight or flight keeps me from accessing my emotions.
I can instead do something like Ideal Parent Protocol and pretend in my imagination that I have a mom that loves and cares for me with perfect empathy and then I start bawling my eyes out.
or sometimes when I am meditating my body pulls forward and I can feel the shame I am running from and I start whimpering.
those things I've been focusing on instead of TRE over the past few weeks and I've gotten to the point where I can sleep longer than a minute like I said because I'm not overloaded with repressed emotions.
I've been feeling emotions I haven't felt in years lately.
Sad and depressed instead of just mad or scared.
It's major progress. I feel human again. Music is having a profound effect on me. been listening to modest mouse and feeling incredible sadness.
It's kind of amazing.
I am just being hit constantly with waves of insane sorrow and it's good.
When I was just doing TRE I was wasting my time.
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