When pain strikes—whether it’s chronic pain, migraines, or anxiety—what’s the first thing we do? We head to the doctor. It’s natural to seek answers, to want to know if something serious is wrong. But for many of us who’ve lived with chronic pain for years, the doctor visits, tests, and treatments often leave us more confused than ever. Scans show nothing major, blood tests come back normal, and yet... the pain remains.
Sure, your MRI might reveal a bit of disc degeneration or some arthritis, but here’s the thing: these so-called abnormalities show up in most people over 30, many of whom aren’t in pain at all. So why are you?
Here’s what most doctors don’t tell you: for a lot of people living with chronic pain, the root cause isn’t physical damage. Most chronic pain is neuroplastic - completely real, but caused by overactive pain signals in the brain instead of physical damage. The root cause is emotional. Those unresolved emotions, the ones we’ve pushed down and ignored for years? They don’t just disappear. They get stored in our bodies and nervous systems and show up in the form of chronic pain, anxiety, migraines, or even unexplained gastrointestinal issues.
How does this happen?
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Society Teaches Us to Suppress Our Emotions
We’ve all grown up in a society that subtly—or sometimes not so subtly—teaches us to bottle up our emotions. When we’re kids, we’re told to stop crying, to “be strong” and “get over it.” If we express anger, we’re labeled as difficult. If we show too much joy, we’re told to calm down. Over time, we internalize these messages, learning that it’s not safe to express our emotions, especially the big ones like anger, sadness, or even joy.
But here’s the catch: when we suppress emotions, they don’t just go away. Instead, they get trapped in our bodies, creating tension, stress, and ultimately, physical pain. Unprocessed emotional pain is like a backlog that our nervous system holds onto. Eventually, our body starts sending us signals—pain, anxiety, digestive issues—trying to get our attention, trying to tell us something is wrong.
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Trauma Lives in the Body, Not Just the Mind
Trauma doesn’t just affect the mind—it impacts the entire body. When we experience trauma, whether physical or emotional, our nervous system goes into survival mode. If we grew up feeling unsafe, unloved, or disconnected, our body learned to be on high alert all the time. That hypervigilance becomes our norm, and it primes our system to react to even the smallest stressors as if they were life-threatening. It's like our system starts interpreting that rude email from a coworker as a literal tiger about to pounce.
This is why two people can experience the same event, and one walks away unscathed while the other develops chronic pain or anxiety. It’s not the event itself that causes the lasting impact—it’s the way our nervous system processes (or fails to process) the emotions tied to it. When our body doesn’t feel safe enough to process those emotions, they get stuck. Over time, that emotional energy turns into physical symptoms, like chronic pain, migraines, or GI issues. These symptoms are not your body punishing you, but an urgent plea for deeper healing.
Rewiring the Brain to Turn Off Pain Signals
There's hope. Just as your brain learned to send those overactive pain signals, it can learn to turn them off, too. Once you’ve ruled out a specific medical cause, real healing starts with addressing those old emotional wounds that your body has been holding onto for years. This isn’t about “fixing” your body—it’s about recalibrating your mind, body, nervous system, and energy so that it feels safe again.
This kind of deep healing involves more than just talk therapy or physical treatments. It requires a multidimensional approach—working with the mind, body, and energy. Through practices like somatic work, nervous system regulation, and emotional processing techniques, you can help your body complete those unfinished emotional loops and return to a state of calm and safety.
Imagine waking up in the morning without immediately scanning your body for pain. Imagine not needing to put on a brave face and pretend everything’s fine when, inside, your body is screaming.
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When you address the emotional roots of your pain, something incredible happens: your brain no longer needs to send those pain signals. It realizes that the threat is gone, that you are safe, and it can finally turn off the alarm.
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Healing from the Inside Out
If you’ve been living with chronic pain, migraines, or anxiety, and you’ve ruled out specific medical causes, it might be time to take a deeper look. The real root of your pain could be your suppressed emotions. Your body isn’t trying to hurt you—it’s trying to get your attention. It’s asking you to heal those deeper parts of yourself.
This is about more than just making the pain go away temporarily—it’s about transforming your relationship with yourself. It’s about rewiring those old beliefs that keep you stuck, healing the trauma that’s been living in your body, and stepping into a life where you feel truly free, safe, and connected to yourself.
Are you ready to start your healing journey? Your body is waiting for you to listen.
To accelerate your healing journey, get your free Pain-Free Playbook to confirm that your symptoms are curable and start identifying the emotional roots that caused your brain to turn on the pain signal in the first place. People recover from chronic pain all the time, and you can be next.
Rose Covenant is a pain recovery specialist who specializes in helping ambitious women living with pain. Learn more about Rose at https://livebeyondpain.com or on Instagram or LinkedIn
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