A good book "The body never lies" Alice Miller will help you understand

it's when you're body remembers the trauma. it could be feeling as if it is happening all over again or having other bodily symptoms.

Like pain for no reason at all in a specific place?

Becoming sexually aroused/active at a very young age?

Getting abnormally cold in hot weather?
-when i get in a specific mood my body temp drops...no matter what the temp is. I get goose bumps and severe chills. To the point where i sit in the shower on full hot for a good half hour, suddenly something will kick in and i realise...ahhh hot!

could these be 'body memories'?

Good question although I don't know the answer but I am seeking answers myself. I have these episodes that mock a seizure and I've been told that they are from trauma as a child. I'm still confused about this. I never know when they will hit me and do not get much notice. Anyone got a book on that? It's scary to go through and I absolutely hate it. The last one was a month ago and came on for no good reason I could tell, as they all do. If I can't pinpoint the cause how do I stop them? My brain remembers plenty without my body putting in it's 2 cents and not telling my brain what it is. Any advice would be appreciated. I'm still in denial cause I still try to argue with the doc. because this never started happening until after my stroke, but they won't listen so this is the anxiety is the diagnoses I'm stuck with. That's embarrassing to explain when this happens in public. People don't understand and look at me like I'm a disease.

it's kind of like muscle memory only it's...touch memory? that's about the only way i can explain it.

i can remember being a little kid and every time i got into bed i got this weird pain in...ahem...a rather personal area. even if you suppress the actual memory of what happened, your body still maintains some connection.

i guess it's sort of like phantom pains, only instead of feeling a limb that isn't there anymore, you feel an action that isn't happening anymore.

yes the bocy and subconscience to remember. this has been a very domminant issue for me until i built trust with my ex wife.

During the abuse i use to hate anything to do with climaxing and during that time was very difficult for me to do so.

Over the years it has definately got better but when the flach backs are around the problem reoccures but at a much less debilitating way.

I would be willing to bet this is a common issue with many survivors.

Sometimes I can feel the scrapes and scratches all over my body, even though they have all healed. I guess that is body memories. It sucks and it is very painful. I always have to look and see that they aren't there anymore, but that still doesn't make the pain go away. I can even feel the blood running. It's awful but I guess it will eventually go away...at least I hope so.

exaclty as sophie said. i suffer from this horrifically but no one knows about it. im kinda ashamed as well, for specific reasons. take care

I find that whenever my husband puts his arm around my neck, like to hug me or kiss me, or even if we are lying in bed and my head is on his arm, I feel scared. I have since asked that he not hug me around the neck. Since i was raped by the neighbor, I wonder if that is what I am experiencing. I think it is. I hate when my husband and I have made love and he has alcohol on his breath. The man that raped me always had alcohol on his breath and I tell my husband when he is drinking that I do not want to have sex. He now understands and is respectful of my wishes. I believe those are body memories as well as sensory memories