“Isn’t it amazing how old trauma like this can still present itself all these years later?” Jade said as she tapped hair-thin needles into pressure points along my shoulder blades. What does she mean, old trauma? So it made sense that the acupuncturist assumed all of my neck pain radiated from the bulging discs. Advertisement“It isn’t until we uncover old trauma like this and begin to treat it that we can truly heal,” she said. While Jade was clearly referring to my physical body, her words synonymously triggered thoughts about something else too — the scars she can’t see on the inside.

Source: Huffington Post December 06, 2025 14:11 UTC