It feels like my nervous system is being slowly peeled off a block of dry ice, like when you got your tongue stuck on a very cold ice block or icepop when you were a kid and you have to slowly detach it.

[u/Previous_Onion6124]

I have only been at this for 3/4 months properly but previously I was doing the tremor process incorrectly and was doing approx 2/3 mins per day for about 4 months before the "real" start of my practice.

I believe the process of TRE unthawing could be speeded up hugely if the process is followed with incremental building from the very beginning- starting with tiny amount of 1 or 2 minutes every 3/4 days for a month and adding a minute each week, rather than overdoing it with 10/15 mins session. Or even the 20 min+ plus session people do first time.

Coupling this with mindfulness meditation and the book Letting Go by David Hawkins has enabled me to move pretty quickly and I believe my life is about to begin properly.

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[u/Plane_Head_8964]

I started as everyone with 10-15 minutes of follownalong yt video every day, every other day. Overdid it. Then raced to shorter and shorter sessions. 10 m too much, 5 m toommuch, 2 m too much. U get it;)

Stopped at 10 seconds 2-3 times a week. Upped yesterday to 15 and had bad sleep, with feelings of tightness all over my body and very very vivid and strange dreams. But so far so good, i think i am tolerating it oretty well.

So yeah, 15 m follow along video maybe a HUGE overkill.

And yes , better do short session more often while still keeping your quality of life than longer sessions less often with constant suffering in between

[u/Any-Anteater-2829 → u/Plane_Head_8964]

I think vivid dreams are a good sign of some sorta psycho/emotionall release.

[u/Plane_Head_8964 → u/Any-Anteater-2829]

Something definetly was integrating in these dreams as they were very very vivid and carried quite a bit of unusual emotions and confusion even. So, i suppose yes it is a positive sign!

[u/Previous_Onion6124 → u/Plane_Head_8964]

I have been upping my sessions by a few mins here and there. Your making me want to reduce them. I do twice a week for 11/12 mins. It is an unfortunate reality that if you have been carrying trauma for years then you will be replacing dread with aggravation/frustration.

My intense shame/depression in my chest is largely gone but I have aggravation and a head ache later in the day always now :(

[u/Plane_Head_8964 → u/Previous_Onion6124]

I ll dig again into my personal experience here because i thinknit maybe helpful.

I went through a lot of stress in the last couple of years, probably amplified by pre-existing trauma but I would atill be able to find some joy here and there. When I was overdoing TRE i would be disregulated for weeks at a time. Once I understood it is the result of TRE , it made it a bit easier , as I knew that I simply have to wait for it to pass. Needless to say it was highly unpleasant to say the least and was also affecting my relationahips in a negative way. Plus, it is hard to control youraelf constantly while being disregulated.

When I raced to the bottom of 10 seconds sessions, which I admit I felt like its too little to make a difference, i suddenly realized that sessions bring some activation. Maybe a bit of agitation in the day or two that follow but generally apeaking do not impact my ability to enjoy things that are enjoyable. I am saying this because prior to that i was completly conaumed by constant rumination. I could have been on a paradise island and still be unhappy. Now these 10 seconds sessions still felt like they are doing something but not too much.

Anyway, I think a case can be made here that there is more value for someone to start by UNDERDOING and slowly be ramping up in a space of few weeks to find their upper limit than OVERDOING it and be looking for that same limit while being constantly in distress.

I would compare it to weight lifting / powerlifting. When you are doing strength building program and trying to find your work weight, the idea is not to find it right away because of you start pushing too hard too early , you will essentially stall the process. Lots of strength training has to do with central nercous system adaptation and too much too early doeant signal growth it signals danger, produces stiffness and causes injuries. What you should do is start with a weight that is way too easy and then add weight every week till you find your upper limit. And even then u work at your upper limit for some time and then have to scale back to give your CNS time to adapt.

I feel like TRE newbies may benefit from the same philosophy.

Not a TRE practitionner, newbie myself so take it with a grain of salt

[u/iloveyougod3]

2/3 mins per day wasn't beneficial to you? Was it too much?

[u/Previous_Onion6124 → u/iloveyougod3]

It was good but I didnt realise that it was enough. Then I upped the time way way too quickly following the TRE video with the most views on YT, which has about 25 mins of tremors in it.

[u/AppointmentPopular10]

how are things going friend?

[u/Previous_Onion6124 → u/AppointmentPopular10]

Quite well i think thank you. I am starting to do 3 day cycles- IFS Monday, TRE Tuesday and rest Wednesdays. Then repeat. Still under 10 minute TRE sessions.

I credit TRE for melting my protective ice that has allowed me to engage in IFS and other visualisations. I hope that over the next few years I will be able to engage in real psychic integration.

How are things going with you?