My PTSD Growth

“When we get caught up in our own pain we can sometimes ignore the very people that can help us or are there for us. We can run from those that are good/safe for us and run into the arms of those that are not good and are dangerous for us.

I am alive today because there were and are good people that are safe for me who were there in my darkest hours.

We need to learn discernment and how to fight through the personal pain and reach out those who are safe for us. “ - Shreve Gould

Never ignore a person who cares for you. Because someday you'll realize you've lost a diamond, while you were collecting stones.

If you were raised by a narcissist, you could have adopted some beliefs and or behaviors that are considered narcissistic.. As you heal from your childhood, consider all your beliefs and behaviors … are they truly yours or are they generational adopted beliefs and behaviors that no longer serve you. Do those beliefs and behaviors keep you from living your authentic self.

If they are, then consider what belief and behaviors would serve you better and empower you to live your authentic self once adopted.

Great chart here.
by Judy

How does this resonate with you… in your last relationship was your voice allowed or silanced?

In past relationships did you discount your partner’s voice or allow them not to have a voice. Where in those relationships your voice was important to others and your partner ?
Consider now where in your childhood your voice not matter, you had no say in what dramatically altered your life. Where did you learn that your voice was not important ? Where did you see that others voices did not matter to the dominant care giver in your life where this behavior was modeled for you ? How did this behavior develop into you as a protective behavior that did protect you at that time? What if this is now a limiting belief and behavior that no longer serves you but keeps you from building deeper and more meaning relationships? What did you learn over time that where a different belief a more powerful belief and set behaviors to replace those behaviors that no longer serve you? Now What would those empowering beliefs and behaviors be?

How many of these things are familiar?
Kaszina

Jun is PTSD awareness month
In honor of this month. I wanted to share the below.

I wrote this poem as a reflection of what my unhealed or unresolved trauma felt like. How it separated me from myself, from the very thing I desired - connection to others.

We can be happy outwardly, but inside, we are suffering. When trauma survivors have unhealed trauma, the fight, flight, or freeze response interrupts our narrative, and we lose connection between ourselves, our friends, and our communities.

It is essential to start the healing journey so we can reconnect with ourselves, our communities, and each other. It is crucial for those who have friends suffering from PTSD to intentionally maintain connection with them. PTSD is a treatable condition.

If this poem resonates with you, take the time to read it out loud.

And if there's someone you want to hear you, read it out loud to them.