What My Effed-Up Spine Taught Me About Trauma

Sometimes, our bodies hold stories that keep us trapped in pain

Mary Poindexter McLaughlin
Human Parts
Published in
6 min readAug 16, 2019

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My neck hurts.

“Do you want to see what the problem is?” asks Dr. Rob. He’s staring at an X-ray he just took of my neck.

“Of course,” I answer. I can’t wait to see physical proof of whatever is holding my neck rigidly in place…

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