Interoception and Mental Health Recovery: Understanding Your Body’s Inner Signals
Listening to Your Body in Recovery Most people learn to pay attention to the outside world long before they learn to pay attention to what’s happening inside their bodies. That quieter space, the one where emotions show up as physical sensations, is often overlooked, especially if you grew up in stressful, invalidating, or high-demand environments. This inner awareness has a name: interoception , and it plays a meaningful role in mental health recovery. Today’s post explores what interoception is, how it supports emotional stability, and why strengthening it can make the healing process feel more grounded and less chaotic. What Interoception Really Means Interoception is your ability to notice internal physical states. Examples include: a tight chest a heavy or sinking feeling warmth moving through your body restlessness shakiness changes in breathing pressure or tension numbness or emptiness These sensations often show up before you consciously recognize an emotion. Interoception...