One of the challenges I experienced was dissociation. I separated myself so completely from my emotions that I could not name what I felt at any given time. Much of the time I felt gray…..I spent months taking pictures of gray trying to find the one the exemplified how I felt. After hundreds and hundreds…
Sadness and sorrow and grieving are no longer accepted in society. Feeling these emotions is now taboo. The assault on sadness is long time story. I remember at the earliest age the concept of a British stiff upper lip, enduring without showing any emotion for great losses. As a child I was punished for being…
I wasn’t allowed to have feelings or they were purposely and maliciously twisted for the purposes of my abusers. Stop the feelings – stop my abusers controlling me. This brings me to self care #5 Allowing myself to feel all emotions – joy and anger are the most difficult for me. https://healingfromcomplextraumaandptsd.wordpress.com/2017/07/16/25-obvious-non-obvious-self-care-issues-complex-trauma-survivors-struggle-with-lilly-hope-lucario/ Judy’s…
Authors are always thinking of the perfect word. To help out someone created an emotion circle that breaks emotions down into 6 basic emotions. Here is the kicker….2/3rds are considered negative emotions. https://lifehacker.com/find-the-perfect-word-for-your-feelings-with-this-vocab-1653013241 Now when I read this, I didn’t agree with how the circle was arranged. I learned in counseling that anger is a…
PTSD - Accepting, Coping, Thriving 