✨ What a Healing Glitch Really Is (And How to Move Through It)


If your healing has felt glitchy lately — you’re not doing it wrong.
In fact, those “What is happening right now?” moments are often signs that your nervous system is trying to integrate something new.

A healing glitch isn’t a setback.
It’s your system saying:

“Something old is being stirred… and something new is trying to come online.”

It can show up as:

  • sudden irritability
  • unexpected tears
  • feeling shut down or numb
  • people-pleasing even when you thought you’d outgrown it
  • overreaction to tiny stressors
  • forgetting your tools in the moment
  • spiraling after a situation you handled well

Nothing has gone wrong.
This is what it looks like when your body hits a moment it hasn’t mastered yet — and pauses, protects, or redirects energy while you learn.

And the more grace you give yourself during the glitch,
the easier and sometimes, faster, your system comes back into connection.


🌿 Mini Nervous System Mapping: “Where Am I Right Now?”

A 60-second practice to move through a healing glitch with clarity.

Take a slow breath — nothing forced. Just a soft inhale, soft exhale.

Now map these four things:

1. State

What survival state feels closest?
Fight? Flight? Freeze? Fawn? Or a blend?

2. Sensations

What is your body actually doing?
Tight chest? Shaky hands? Heat? Collapse? Numb?

3. Emotion

What emotion is most present beneath the activation?
Fear? Shame? Overwhelm? Sadness? Frustration?

4. Thought + Desire

What thought popped up?
And what do you want to do in this state—run, hide, fix, process, share, connect?

Once you name all four, I invite you to notice what shifts.
Awareness itself is part of the regulating.
This is how we get our choice back.

From there, I invite you to choose one, gentle, next step:
🌬️ a slower exhale
👁️ orienting to the room
🤲 a self-hold
👣 heel-toe grounding
💧 a sip of water
📖 journaling what your body just told you

This is how glitches become integration moments, not spirals.


✨ Want to see this visually?

My last two Instagram posts that give examples of "glitches" while we are healing:

🔗 Post 1: Even Though....a Turning Point Holiday Story


🔗 Post 2: A Truth I Used to Hate About Healing

(I will offer another mapping your nervous system tool tomorrow, so you can watch for that).


You’re not behind. You’re integrating.

Glitches don’t mean your healing isn’t working —
they mean your body is ready for the next layer of safety.

If you’d like help mapping and moving through these moments with support instead of panic, my Basic Foundation 1:1 program is where we gently untangle this work together — one body cue at a time.

Just reply “I’m curious” and we’ll explore it with zero pressure.

Remember, ❤️

You Matter. Your Healing Matters. You Are Worth It!

Hi! I'm Cami

I am a Trauma Informed Embodiment Coach. Healing is possible for women who have trauma. Big T, Little T, Complex, Sexual, Religious, any form of trauma. Check out my content and ways we can work together.

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