Where Emotions Live in the Body

In today’s video, we are going to explore something foundational to emotional health

that is often overlooked. Emotions do not live only in the mind. They live in the

body. Long before we find words for what we feel, our nervous system

registers emotion through physical sensation. Before we can explain an emotion,

our body has already reacted. Learning to recognize where emotions show up physically is

a powerful step toward self awareness, emotional regulation, and healing. Research on bodily

maps of emotion shows that people across cultures report similar patterns of physical activation

and deactivation for different emotions. These patterns reflect how the brain, nervous system,