🏥 What it means to have experienced difficult or traumatic birth circumstances
Experiencing a difficult or traumatic birth meant your earliest moments of life were marked by medical procedures, separation, or physical challenges that shaped how your nervous system learned to handle stress and connection.
You may have developed a complex relationship with your body, sometimes feeling betrayed by it or anxiously waiting for something to go wrong. Early health problems may have meant your parents treated you differently from day one—hovering, overprotecting, or constantly worrying about your wellbeing, which taught you that your body was something to be worried about rather than trusted.
You may carry memories in your body of early medical procedures or physical challenges, responding with tension or shutdown when touched or in medical settings. The experience of being "different" from birth may still influence how you see yourself in relation to others, sometimes feeling inferior but other times being fiercely defiant about what makes you unique.