I’m fascinated by your expression of self healing. It’s so very different than mine in the way I perceive and practice it. However there are definite similarities and what you call trauma I generally only perceive as energetic imbalances. Then I have to go through a process of perceiving their qualities and then applying the energetic remedies.
I’ve experienced everything you said about the range of intensity of release not being tied to the “size” of the issue being fixed. Maybe when I get my receptive side more opened up I’ll have more color in my process.