Why People Bounce Their Leg

Why People Bounce Their Leg (It's Not Energy — It's Stored Trauma)

You think it's just a nervous habit. You think you just have a lot of energy. You don't. That leg bouncing is a trauma response — stored, unprocessed fear living in your body because you never released it. And when it shows up in your lower body specifically, it's a metaphor: you're stuck. You don't want to move forward. You're not ready to step into and claim your life.

Kenny Weiss — trauma recovery specialist and creator of t