SOMATIC SHUT-OFF

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the somatic may be shut-off in the incident or elsewhere, either earlier by command or late by painful emotion. The patient who wriggles a great deal or who does not wriggle at all is suffering from a pain or emotion shut-off or late painful emotional engrams or both. There is a whole species of commands which shut-off pain and emotion simultaniously: this is because the word "feel" is homonymic. "I can't feel anything" is the standard, but the command varies widely and is worded in a great many ways. (DMSMH, pp. 346-347)