Things, in renowned psychiatrist Andrey Ermoshin’s Things in the Body, refer to those sensations we feel on occasion and can’t fully explain, like a lump in our throat, some tension in our back, or butterflies in our stomach.

Dr. Ermoshin explains that Things are traces left from experiences we have had throughout our lifetime. Sometimes we don’t even realize how they affect our emotional state, causing stress and tension without us even knowing why. If not dealt with, they can even cause phobias, panic attacks and other disorders.

But what if there was a way to harness these Things and use them as precious feedback for self-regulation and decision making, and then to ultimately let them go to leave our body?