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Past-Life Trauma and Its Present Echoes – Healing Through the Akashic Records

  • Writer: Brainz Magazine
    Brainz Magazine
  • Oct 7, 2025
  • 4 min read

Meli Guidance is a past-life psychic, certified Akashic Records reader, and channeling coach. She helps old souls reconnect with their past lives and spirit guides to unlock their highest potential. In addition to channelling soul guides, she offers online courses and coaching sessions to anyone who wishes to develop their psychic abilities.

Executive Contributor Meli Guidance

Have you ever felt an unexplained fear or discomfort that just didn’t make sense? Perhaps driving on highways fills you with dread, or you avoid swimming even though you’ve never had a bad experience in water. Maybe you dislike tight clothing around your neck, feel uneasy in the dark, or carry persistent pain with no medical explanation.


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Often, these patterns are more than a coincidence. They can be soul memories from past lives, where the way a person died left an energetic imprint that still echoes today.


Common signs of past-life trauma in your current life


The soul is eternal, and while it carries wisdom, love, and talents across incarnations, it can also hold onto unhealed trauma. This doesn’t mean you’re being punished, it simply means the soul is still “stuck” in the memory of what happened. Here are a few examples of how those echoes can appear:


  • Neck sensitivity: If someone was hanged or strangled in a past life, they may feel anxious wearing anything tight around the throat, such as turtlenecks or scarves.

  • Chronic coldness: A soul who once froze to death might carry an ongoing struggle with feeling warm, no matter the season.

  • Fear of heights: A past-life fall from a cliff, tower, or balcony may echo as vertigo or panic in high places.

  • Discomfort in the dark: Those who were attacked at night may carry a lingering fear of nighttime or small, enclosed spaces.

  • Phantom pains: Injuries such as stab wounds, broken bones, or repeated beatings can leave behind sensations like aching knees, stomach pain, or weakness in certain joints.

  • Throat vulnerability: A violent death by snake bite or injury to the neck might lead to only feeling safe when the throat is uncovered.

  • Blocks around intimacy: Souls who endured sexual violence in a past incarnation may now struggle with closeness, trust, or physical touch.

  • Anxiety around driving: Those who died in carriage, cart, or car accidents may avoid highways, fear traffic, or panic behind the wheel.

  • Water-related fears: A death by drowning can echo as a fear of swimming, aversion to oceans and lakes, or recurring dreams of being pulled underwater.

  • Fire sensitivity: People who perished in fires often carry unease around flames, even in harmless settings like candles or fireplaces.

  • The witch wound: Souls who were persecuted or burned at the stake for their beliefs may carry fears of persecution, mistrust of their intuitive gifts, or hesitation to speak openly about spirituality.

  • Food aversions: Deaths linked to poisoning, famine, or contaminated food may resurface as digestive issues or strong dislikes for certain foods.

  • Birthmarks or scars: Some carry physical marks that mirror wounds from another lifetime.

  • Suppressed voice: Those who were executed for their words, whether in witch trials or political persecution, may struggle with public speaking, self-expression, or sharing their truth.


Explore 50+ signs of past-life trauma, grouped into five categories, in the extended version of this article.


These patterns are not random quirks. They are the soul’s way of remembering what once happened. The gift of recognizing them is that awareness brings healing, and the Akashic Records can help you understand where these fears come from and how to release them.


Why the soul holds on to past-life trauma


From the perspective of the eternal soul, each lifetime feels like the first. Unless consciously healed, the soul may not realize that a traumatic death is over, and the memory continues to feel like a present danger. That’s why fears can seem “irrational” to the mind but feel so real to the heart and body.


How the Akashic Records help release past-life trauma


The Akashic Records, often described as the library of the soul, hold the memories of every lifetime you’ve lived. By accessing them with intention, you can:


  • Identify where the fear, resistance, or pain began.

  • Remind the soul that the event belongs to the past, not the present.

  • Receive guidance from your soul’s helpers on how to release the imprint.

  • Bring compassion and understanding to your journey across lifetimes.


When the soul finally recognizes, “that was then, and I am safe now,” healing begins. Old patterns loosen, and you step more fully into freedom and presence.


Starting your own healing journey with the Akashic Records


Exploring past-life trauma can feel tender, but it doesn’t have to be overwhelming. An Akashic Records reading offers a safe space to uncover these stories and begin healing them.


For those who want to learn how to access the records on their own, my Akashic Records reading courses are available to guide you step by step.


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And if you’d like to take your very first step, you can download a free beginner’s guide to the Akashic Records.


Inside, you’ll discover:


  • What the Akashic Records are

  • How to connect with them through a guided visualization

  • A list of questions to help you receive the clearest guidance


Your soul is not bound by the past. With the right support and awareness, those echoes can transform into wisdom, resilience, and compassion for yourself and others.


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Meli Guidance, Past Life Psychic

Meli Guidance is a past-life psychic, certified Akashic Records reader, and channeling coach who helps old souls reconnect with their past lives, spirit guides, and life missions. Through channeled guidance, she supports clients in overcoming fears, blockages, and limiting beliefs, guiding them toward authenticity, joy, and harmony. Meli teaches courses on connecting with spirit guides, reading the Akashic Records, and becoming psychic. She also offers private coaching, akashic readings, energy healings, and tarot readings, each designed to deepen her clients' spiritual journey and foster inner growth.

This article is published in collaboration with Brainz Magazine’s network of global experts, carefully selected to share real, valuable insights.

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