Most of the trauma work my husband and I have done is through EMDR, so the thoughts are releasing stored energy patterns in the body. Even so, it's fascinating to me how differently we process using the same modality. I hopscotch through time, picking up threads in memories, until I get to a root memory, which is usually processed with a physical release of some sort like a twitch or shudder. He tends to see weird, geometric images, or random dream-like visions, and his physical response is more usually like a big exhale. Same modality, totally different response.