Your body asks for help with little aches and pains, quietly, and barely makes a ripple in your life. After being ignored over and over, those quiet, small aches and pains become louder and more intense screaming for your attention.
Some people are great at checking in with their body. They respond with actions like moving when they get stiff, or NOT eating foods that will upset their systems, or creating iron clad boundaries around vampire sucking people. And some people are GAWD awful at understanding what that even means. Most of us are right in the middle: we know we have intuition yet we like unhealthy things, we’re stubborn, and ignoring our body becomes normal.
But the body continues to ask for help when it needs attention.
I call these communications “expressions for help” from your body to your conscious mind. The body sends these communications to signal that something is wrong and a change or tweak needs to happen.
Many of these are easy to “hear” and respond to, like feeling hungry, sleepy, angry, and sad. Many times we react appropriately right on time, which would be about 1 second to 1 hour after it happens.
Here are just a few examples of how “expressions for help” might look:
- stomach pain
- skin rashes
- crying
- joint & muscles aches
- headaches
- blurred eyesight
- Tinitus
There are many ways that your body talks to you or expresses itself, and you are not alone in misunderstanding these non-verbal hints about a deeper issue. But, with some practice, you can learn your body’s language and work together with it instead of against yourself.