Marv Curtis Coaching

Here are the top 5 signs you may need a trauma coach:

1. You feel stuck in toxic patterns or relationships.
   • Despite recognizing the harm caused by a relationship or behavior, you struggle to break free. This could
     indicate a trauma bond or unresolved emotional wounds that need guided support.
2. Overwhelming emotions are disrupting your daily life.
   • Feelings like anxiety, anger, sadness, or guilt may arise unexpectedly, leaving you feeling out of control or
     unable to cope effectively.
3. You have difficulty setting or maintaining boundaries.
   • Saying "no" feels impossible, or you feel constant guilt when asserting your needs. This often stems from
     past trauma, leading to people-pleasing behaviors or codependency.
4. You experience a deep sense of self-doubt or unworthiness.
   • Negative self-talk, a lack of confidence, or questioning your decisions can signal unresolved trauma that
     undermines your self-trust and self-esteem.
5. Traditional therapy hasn’t addressed your specific needs.
   • If you’ve tried therapy but still feel like you need action-oriented support or techniques to directly address
     emotional triggers, a trauma coach can fill that gap.

A trauma coach provides a safe space and tools to navigate these challenges, helping you regain
emotional balance, self-trust, and freedom from past wounds.

Trauma and Chronic Pain

How Trauma Bonds Can Create Chronic Pain in the Body

If you’ve ever felt stuck in a toxic relationship and also noticed aches, tension, or mystery symptoms in your body… you’re not
imagining it. There’s a powerful connection between emotional trauma and physical pain — especially if you're healing from a
trauma bond with a narcissist.

Here’s how it works:

1. Your Nervous System Gets Stuck in Survival Mode

When you’re in a trauma bond, your brain constantly scans for danger. You may feel anxious, on edge, or emotionally drained.
This keeps your body flooded with stress hormones like cortisol, which over time can wear down your immune system and
create inflammation.

➡️ You may experience headaches, gut issues, joint pain, tight muscles, or insomnia.

2. Repressed Emotions Get Stored in the Body

Many people in trauma bonds learn to suppress their feelings — like anger, grief, or fear — just to keep the peace. But emotions
that don’t get expressed don’t just go away… they get stored in the body as tension or pain.

➡️ The body “remembers” what the mind tries to forget.

3. Your Brain Can Learn to Expect Pain

Over time, your brain gets used to pain — even when there’s no injury. This is called neuroplastic pain (or learned pain). It’s
especially common in survivors of narcissistic abuse and long-term emotional trauma.

➡️ The body starts to respond to emotional threats the same way it would to physical ones — with pain.

4. Pain Reinforces the Feeling of Being Trapped

Chronic pain often makes people feel helpless or hopeless — which mirrors the same emotional trap created by the trauma
bond. This creates a loop where the pain feeds the trauma… and the trauma keeps the pain alive.

You Can Break the Cycle

The good news is — your brain and body can heal.

When you begin to release the trauma bond, your nervous system gets a chance to calm down. Techniques like EFT Tapping,
breathwork, and somatic healing can help you process stored emotions and teach your brain that you are finally safe.

➡️ Many people notice physical relief as they begin to emotionally let go.

Want to experience this shift for yourself? Let’s explore it together in a safe, supportive session.

Compassionate Trauma Support

What My Clients Say

This is incredible. This is the first time I’ve
ever tried anything like this and I’d say at
this stage in my healing, this is by far the
most powerful. I feel a lot more peaceful, a
lot more accepting, it feels like me stepping
into my truth more.

Marv Curtis is an expert in the process and
release of trauma triggers developed in
narcissistic relationships. Marv’s
commitment to helping others find freedom
from their past experiences is inspiring. I
highly recommend Marv as a Narcissistic
Abuse Recovery Coach

Coach Marv; Thank you so very much for
the time you've given to me, personally.
Driven by deep despair & absolute
desperation to seek, find, & receive help for
my personal crisis; you heard my distress
call & you answered it. Most humblest
acknowledgement in great gratitude for
having obliged me with your care for this
matter.

Dr. Naaila Hudani

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