Yes, focus on your basic needs, like eating, and try to be kind to yourself (I recovered from anorexia and for me, not being able to eat was a lot like not being able to handle life...I had to be gentle and focus on the tangible parts of taking care of myself...which gave me confidence to take care of the more challenging or ambiguous, unseen things).
I think there several different kinds of body therapies, but "Somatic Experiencing" is specifically trauma related. You could do a search on that. Basically, it's about helping your body come towards the center vs extremes of numbness or hypervigilance, and release the trauma your body remembers (but your mind not...too many of my own details can't be remembered because I was too young, too unconscious because of medical emergencies or drugs/alcohol, or some of it was related to ongoing terror vs one event I can pinpoint). You could also look into something like dance movement therapy, either in conjunction with some therapy you're doing or, if the therapist also specializes in trauma, try something like that. Some cities have yoga teachers or classes that are trained for trauma sensitivity, so safe focus on attention to our bodies, noticing sensations, helping those calming responses kick in (I wouldn't do as therapy, but in conjunction with it probably).
If you're interested in learning more about the body stuff, finding things on line or books, some names include: Babette Rothschild, Bessel Van der Kolk, Peter Levine, Alice Miller (type any of those names into google with something like "trauma" or "body")
Trauma really deregulates our nervous system. Not eating and drinking numbed me out. But other times I functioned like an adrenaline junky, high on my own fumes. I didn't feel anything...until I started getting really sick and also ended up with some terrible pain. My body demanded I sort this out and listen. For me, talk therapy alone was difficult for getting at all the body stuff I have. So I did some research first on Dance/Movement Therapy because I suspected that could help with pain...then found out about this who world of trauma therapy that is focused on the body and helping our damaged nervous systems repair themselves.
If you trust your therapist, I wouldn't just ditch out unless you feel pretty confident you need a different approach (I had a few sessions with new therapist to try this out before ending other therapy, so I wasn't leaving myself hanging). I can relate to never feeling safe in your body. I don't always feel safe in my body but I do a lot more of the time now...or actually feel that I'm in there, if that makes sense. I can understand not being able to exercise, but if any of this sounds interesting maybe ask your T and doc what might be safe. I wished there had been more gentle yoga when I was in treatment...I really needed some safe connection to my body in order to heal from anorexia or trauma...even if just a little bit of safety here and there to start.
Sometimes it helps me to yell in my head about how impatient I am, recognize it, and then just do the next right thing. Like eat a banana. Do the laundry. etc. In AA we talk about taking action and "just doing the next right thing". Sometimes it's hard to know what that is...but it's helpful to remember when my mind gets all caught up trying to figure things out. Just do the next right thing. So, moment by moment (or most moments) I can feel proactive in my life. Sometimes I solve problems I didn't mean to solve yet when I am able to focus on what's right in front of me.
