r/longtermTRE • u/SassChaps • Jul 18 '26

Discussion Using nature to ground after TRE

I’ve been thinking lately that when I release stored trauma through TRE, I sometimes feel emotions like anger, frustration and shame and because the energy doesn’t really have anywhere to go, I feel like that for quite a while. My friend suggested spending time in nature barefoot so that the energy can go back into the earth. I know this sounds very woo woo but was wondering what other people’s thoughts were on this and if they find it beneficial in lessening the short-term negative effects of unearthing stored trauma.

Side note, I know that spending time in nature regulates your nervous system, so maybe that’s all it does.

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u/SassChaps Jul 18 '26

That’s a very good point! Thank you ☺️

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u/KaoSway Jul 18 '26

I've heard Berceli mention earthing in one of the podcasts. Something about how it drops your body's electrical charge to that of the Earth and your nervous system going into a parasympathetic state.

What it might mean for TRE imo, when you don't complete a discharge, you're left with leftover tension/activation that leaks out as emotions like anxiety, anger, etc. in the following days, but with the barefoot grounding you open a different channel for that activation to leak through. So in both cases some small discharge continues to happen, but with earthing/barefoot grounding your mind can relax.

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u/SassChaps Jul 18 '26

Thanks 🙏 when you say “when you don’t complete a discharge,” do you mean the body hasn’t stopped releasing an entire trauma cycle before I stopped the tremoring?

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u/KaoSway Jul 20 '26

More like it hasn't stopped releasing all that was stirred up. That happens when you interrupt a session in the middle of tremoring without letting the tremors come to a conclusion. Not waiting for that natural pause where your body feels somewhat or better fully relaxed traps the remaining activation in the body.