What is a healing crisis?
A healing crisis is more than a cleansing reaction. Most all of us have absorbed toxins from our polluted environments, but not all of us have suffered with trauma or disease. A cleansing reaction shows itself in generalized body symptoms while releasing toxins. A healing crisis shows itself in the reappearance of old symptoms associated within specific areas that have undergone injury or disease. You may also experience the cleansing reaction symptoms while undergoing this repair work. The body’s wisdom is such that as you clean out and regain energy, the body directs that energy to heal these old injuries or diseases. The body only does this when it knows it can handle it. Once again, the symptoms may be mild to severe, but only as much as your body can sustain at that time. It can last for a few hours, to a few days, and more rarely, for a few weeks. The healing crisis mimics the symptoms of your particular past trauma, chronic illness, degenerative condition, or disease, but in a m
A healing crisis is your body’s reaction to the process of cleansing and removal of waste on the physical, emotional, or mental levels. The old patterns, habits, feelings and memories act as toxins in our bodies and detoxification creates a period of crisis for the body. Thus, you may feel worse for a short period as these deep-rooted problems are released. The more serious the problem, the more likelihood of experiencing a healing crisis – but this is a good sign, one to be welcomed.
