For a long time, I believed that vulnerability was something to avoid. I thought it would leave me wide open to hurt and pain, and I wasn’t ready for that. But as I’ve worked on healing, I’ve come to realize something that I never fully understood before: vulnerability can actually be a source of empowerment. […]
My Journey Of Introspection
I have been doing a lot of soul-searching lately. Looking at my life over the years and where I am today. I’ve really tried not to play victim or look at my life as if I was dealt a bad hand. I do, however, see what trauma has cost me, what it has done to […]
Let’s Normalize Emotional Honesty
Emotional honesty is the practice of communicating your feelings and listening to others’ feelings without judgment, criticism, or defense, and it really needs to be normalized a lot more. Even though I have been guilty of not practicing emotional honesty in the past, I am making a conscious effort to doing so now. Having gone […]
How CPTSD Changed How I See Myself
Healing from CPTSD: What I’ve Learned About Myself Healing from CPTSD isn’t a straight line. There are setbacks, breakthroughs, and moments when you suddenly realize you’ve been carrying beliefs that were never yours to begin with. Looking back over the past few years, there are several lessons that have fundamentally changed how I relate to […]
If They Wanted To, They Would
I see people throw around phrases. Phrases such as “If they wanted to, they would,” and it frustrates me. It frustrates me because that’s not how trauma works. When it comes to trauma, we have to remove the word “want” because nobody wants trauma, and when it rules your life, it can be quite debilitating. […]
Learning To Live With Alexithymia
On my healing journey, I discover new things every day. And when I learned I had Alexithymia, after the initial feeling of “great, another thing to contend with” because of my trauma, it actually helped me better understand what it was I was experiencing, how to better navigate emotions, and importantly, that I wasn’t an […]