Acupuncture 3.0

[CaraG]

I had my third acupuncture session. I let her know I was dealing with a lot of memories coming back and was having a hard time. She said she would add some more needles to our normal regimen. Oh my goodness I started having intrusive thoughts and just laid there and shook.
This is community acupuncture. So she just periodically checks on you. Most people fall asleep. I think due to being hypervilagent I wasn't able to fall asleep. So, instead I just shook. When I got done my emotions were so raw. I had to call a crisis hotline. Not because I was in crisis but because I needed to process. When I got home people were at my house for life.group and took awhile for me to engage. I researched it acupuncture can release repressed memories.

 

[whiteraven]

Wow. If the potential is there for repressed memories to surface, wouldn't it be useful to have someone present as support? Or does calling the crisis line offer you enough support? I wasn't aware acupuncture was used in that way; I had it and felt no different at all.

 

[Tornadic Thoughts]

I haven't experienced anything similar, but I was also actively working through memories and such prior to doing the acupuncture, so perhaps that released them before the needles had a chance to? I've also never done it in a group scene. That seems like a lot of energy within itself to be taking in during the process, albeit indirectly, I would think. Acupuncture moves energy (inner-chi), and it seems anything we suppress gets buried in our cells, and we now know the body remembers what the mind often forgets, so once the energy gets moving, anything has potential to resurface. Hope you're feeling better now and have some supportive measures in place if you choose to continue using it. Take good care.