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Last night my daughter cried suddenly. When I walked into the room, my son said his sister was crying and asked me to deal with it as soon as possible. At this time, I picked up my daughter and felt that she was really heavy. When I took her to the bed and invited her to sit with me first，then I asked her: Why are you crying? She said back to me: She was afraid, I said: What are you afraid of? She said: coronavirus, which suddenly reminded me that she was so scared at a young age, not to mention other adults. I also thought that maybe I could try somatic experiencing with her. Then I invited her to take a few deep breaths, at the same holding her hand and doing it with her, it was obvious that her tears and sobbing had blocked her nostrils. As her breathing eased, I asked her to slowly feel where the comfort lies inside the body. She told me it was her hand and feeling a bit warm, it happened to be the left hand I was holding. I also asked her to imagine if there are any colors? She said: pink, at this moment, she was already relaxed and lying on the bed, and I then asked her to feel where she felt afraid? She quickly pointed the part of the back of the head, so I asked her to try to see if she could bring the temperature of the hand to the position of the head, but I found it was difficult for her, so I changed my strategy and lifted her left hand together, moved it to the top of her head, let the temperature of the hand be with that fear, and experimented if this warmth could spread to the entire head and instill the entire upper body. During the process, she suddenly opened her eyes and told me how long it would last? I was happy at that time because she was obviously getting better, so I told her that it would be over in 2 to 3 minutes

 

Michael

From Woodlands, Singapore 20200723

 

Just now my daughter was scared by her mother’s intervening behavior because she almost accidentally touched the confirmation key of shopping website on Mom’s mobile phone. When my wife reminded me that our daughter’s shock had to be coped with first , I began slowly applying the somatic experiencing technique, escorting her to experience her physiology with that shock in her body. In the beginning, I invited her to recognize where is the shock? How big is that shock? What color is it? also letting my daughter to hold my hand to feel the warmth and temperature of my hand. Through my guidance, my daughter gradually felt that the shock become smaller, and the scare also moved from the chest to the thigh, to the calf and finally disappeared; it was nice to see my daughter regain her sweet smile again.

 

Michael,

From Woodlands in Singapore, 2020426