Why You Aren’t Healing: The 3 Hidden Blocks I See in Patients

Dr. Rena Saini ND
Dec 7, 2025
3 min read

We’re taught that healing is about willpower, discipline, diets, and the right supplement. However after 16 years of working with thousands of patients, I’ve learned one truth:

People don’t stay stuck because they’re doing something wrong. They stay stuck because something deeper is being missed.

These are the 3 hidden blocks I see inside almost every case and why so many people don’t get the results they should:

Block 1: The Mind–Body Pattern That Keeps Replaying

Many people think their symptoms are random, genetic, or “just physical.” However the body expresses what the mind and nervous system have been holding for years.

I see this over and over:

old emotional imprints running quietly in the background
belief loops like “I must hold everything together”
the pressure to over perform
the fear of slowing down
the nervous system stuck in vigilance instead of safety
a subconscious belief of self-criticism that runs in the background

As a result the body stops healing, not because it can’t, but because it thinks it is not safe to.

Healing cannot accelerate when you’re being driven by:

fear
pressure
perfectionism
abandonment wounds
Feeling“not enough”

This is where my tools in subconscious patterning, somatic awareness, and emotional inquiry becomes so important, because the body cannot repair while the mind is sending danger signals.

An example: Many people with psoriasis carry patterns of suppressed emotion, especially anger, that was never allowed to be expressed safely. It becomes internalized (pushed inward instead of released). The body is left to deal with these emotions, instead of it being released through the organs of elimination.

This doesn’t mean anger causes psoriasis, however the skin often becomes the outlet for emotions that were never allowed to move. Some patterns include:

holding feelings in
pushing down your truth
feeling like you can’t upset others
swallowing conflict instead of expressing it

The skin becomes the outlet for what hasn’t been voiced. When these patterns soften, the body finally gets permission to heal.

Block 2: The Gut + Microbiome Imbalance That’s Been Missed

Addressing the physical terrain correctly is the most commonly overlooked.

People try:

probiotics
restrictive diets
antimicrobials
random supplements

…with limited results.

I almost always uncover (from a GI MAP test) things like:

low elastase (you can’t digest your food)
low sIgA (your immune system is exhausted)
weak bile flow (toxins don’t clear)
missing keystone bacteria (no foundation)
opportunistic bacteria like Strep, Prevotella, Desulfovibrio
H. pylori changing the entire stomach environment

When these foundational pieces aren’t supported, the body stays inflamed, tired, reactive, and overwhelmed.

This is why so many people say:

“I’ve tried everything and nothing works.”

Because the issue was never the food or the supplement. It is the internal terrain that needed rebuilding.

When we focus on:

digestion first
mucosal repair
calming inflammatory pathways
balancing the microbiome gently (not aggressively)

When the terrain is rebuilt, everything shifts.

Block 3: A Nervous System That Has Never Been Taught Safety

This is important, and the one almost no one talks about.

So many people want to heal, but their body is living in:

fight
flight
freeze
fawn
hypervigilance
chronic anticipation of “what could go wrong”

And the simple truth is:

The body only repairs when it feels SAFE enough to repair.

You can take all the supplements in the world, but if your nervous system is bracing for impact, they won’t land.

This is where acupuncture, breath work, emotional release, hypnotherapy, and subconscious reprogramming are so powerful. They’re not “extras.” They are the doorway into regulation.

Regulation is the medicine.

It shifts everything: digestion, inflammation, sleep, hormones, skin, and emotional processing.

Remember: You cannot heal in the same state that made you sick.

Why This Matters For You

If you’ve felt stuck, frustrated, or confused it’s not because you’re broken. It’s because no one ever taught you how to work with all three layers of healing:

Mind–body patterning

Gut + internal terrain

Nervous system safety

When these come together, the body stops surviving and finally starts repairing.