Picture a child who is just being a child…they have big emotions, they’re learning to experience the world, and sure, they make mistakes. Rather than sitting with children through their meltdowns or teaching them to regulate their emotions, the parent punishes them for them. Maybe they spank the child or issue threats like “I’ll give you something to cry about”. Maybe they ignore the child to discourage the emotional response. Eventually, the child learns which emotions are acceptable and which ones aren’t.
Read moreC-PTSD Recovery Mode Activated— Healing Collapse is Real
This Instagram video further explained a concept called a healing collapse. I recognized myself immediately. She said when you finally start healing, “instead of feeling better you start falling apart”. She said tiredness or crying are common. She also said “your old symptoms might come roaring back”. Yep. That would be this.
Read moreDo you think you could ever love again?
A friend of mine on Substack asked me this question one day—do you think that after everything you’ve been through that you can love again? I’ve been contemplating what that would mean, what that would mean having to overcome.
Read more“Weird” things I do that work for me & where I am in life now
So, that’s where I am. That’s who I am. I’m just a person who is always trying to do better and to level up in the game of life. I assume, perhaps mistakenly, that other people are trying to do the same. And otherwise I’m just meeting people where they are and wishing the best for them.
Read moreDie with a Smile
I say we are all connected like Rio Celeste, like a river that runs through all of us because we are, and my friend sent me a link where Glennon Doyle uses the same metaphor to describe our connectedness. We all have our boats—our purposes, our priorities. We can’t take on every issue, but we have what we have…mine is love and relationships.
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