The Center for Collaborative Study of Trauma, Health Equity, and Neurobiology
GLOSSARY
Interoception
INTEROCEPTION or organ awareness is the ability to sense the condition of one’s body – to feel whether we are hot or cold, hungry or full or thirsty.
INTEROCEPTION also includes the ability to feel pain and know where the pain is coming from.
Loss of INTEROCEPTION is a hallmark of TRAUMA and often related to Eating Disorders and Chronic Pain.
REBUILDING INTEROCEPTION
People can rebuild INTEROCEPTION through a combination of BRAIN-BODY activities such as MINDFULNESS, YOGA, and TRAUMA Processing therapy.
