I came to Irene for Stress & Anxiety  I have this problem since 2016 and got worse this year 2020. The BodyTalk session helped brought to awareness the underlying conditions my body has been experiencing and (subconsciously) terrified about, over more than 20-years, without me consciously thinking about it.  Which i believed it is “normal” to not “think” about problems when we don’t know and unable to resolve, as a child.  Unknowingly, my body (Immune functions and Nervous system) has been operating under Coping-mode. Where these protective mechanism has been activated to protect me, by remaining “alarmed” at most times.  Which puts my body in a heightened state of anxiety.  No wonder, I get random anxiety attacks, even though on the conscious levels, I feel calm and grateful that I have a supportive spouse. Yet beneath that serenity, I can’t seem to be able to connect or communicate with my body.  Sometimes I get really frustrated, for am not able to reconcile with what my body is experiencing within, versus what I am feeling.  Frustrated when I can’t seem to explain what is happening and I’m at lost of where to get help. Worst when the doctor or therapist don’t seem to understand or able to relate to what I am saying.  So thankful that after the BodyTalk session, Irene is able to “translate” or put words into what I'm exactly going through all these years.  Also understood now, why I so easily influenced or affected by others’ “negative emotions”.  Not that I am weak or susceptible to external triggers, but because my body’s coping mechanism has been “programmed” to protect me when it detects or perceive there’s danger in the environment.  So, it releases stress hormones like cortisol (fight and flight mechanism), as way to keep me safe; and not merely because I am absorbing anything in the environment.  As the session has helped me internally, it also empowers me to be better every day.  Sharing this story hoping it can reach-out and help someone out there encountering with similar situation.