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Trauma is No Longer my “Teacher”
I’m done with the phrasing of “trauma is my teacher”… while there’s some truth, if used improperly there’s also some spiritual bypassing...
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Speak up: Unshaming and understanding the abuse talks
Let’s un shame using the word or talking about “abuse”. Like alcoholism it’s not always what we think it is. *see article below I have...
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Grooming can look like
Grooming can look like: Showing up and being of service in community so that when they mistreat ppl everyone says “oh but they do such...
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Gaslighting ourselves to think their abuse is only OUR inability to receive love
I did this to myself My old sponsor reinforced the same narrative So did a couple old friends So did he I thought just wasn’t ready to...
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Neglect is Abuse
Until I saw how neglect was the abuse of starvation I was v detached from a huge chunk of my less obvious trauma. Once I could...
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Learning to trust our read; Is it all a trigger within us to heal or could it actually be “without”
If someone would’ve validated this knowing in me, my discernment and intuition, when I was small and my guts knew my step mother and ...
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Are we hysterical or awake? Maybe it’s hystery not his-story.
“When your heart is genuinely shattered, raw, broken, when a deep and ancient sense of shame is suddenly alive in your belly, chest and...
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I am the storm
lol 😝 love this “quote” and why I speak truth not just positivity cuz normalize the shit outta this and we just solved 1/2 the world’s...
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Karma is my boyfriend, AND speak tf up too!
There’s huge relief in healing trauma. What sucks is how much that becomes the individual focus and the community responsibilities of...
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Welcome to my Kali Ma days
“One of the greatest blessings of this work is how it brings feelings back online. For much of my early life I was severely emotionally...
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Random thoughts: holding more compassion for victims than victimizers even though both are hurt
#moray #peru - like was I really just here!? I think I take pics bc I can’t take it all in so I stow it away for later. And again that’s...
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Some people can’t hear about your abuse. Don’t let it be you. Stop being overly accountable 🥺
Did you know taking too much responsibility for your trauma can be a disorder/trauma response to cope called Narcissistic Abuse Syndrome...
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The world needs your darkness: a winter welcome
People kill themselves trying to stay in the light. Sometimes by getting too much sun, Being too active, Bringing too much light and...
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Dear Former Friend, wtf is happening rn?; An apology, an explanation, a story, a truth.
I’m glad I got finally hear your version of our story last night in my comment section via accusations. I was guessing at some of the...
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Spiritual Gaslighting Whitewashing Spirituality
The meme pictured on FB says "please don't let New Age WhiteWashed Spirituality make you believe that everything that upsets you is...
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Blue is darkness made visible. Winnie-blue, that is.
‘Blue is darkness made visible.’ Grief is blue So is the sky Winnie blue, to be precise You were with me in St. George It always reminded...
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Removing Myself For Him
Removing Myself For Him This reflection, this pic, the space I was in then, the space I’m in now, it’s very difficult to encapsulate any...
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Facets and falsehoods of forgiveness
I had the pleasure of feeling and exploring deeply and all month in our meditation group we’ve been intricately examining our...
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9 years sober a reflection on the love and abuse in AA and spiritual circles.
9 years sober a reflection on the love and abuse in AA and spiritual circles. P1 44 years old and 9 years sober and life is still...
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No one signs up for hurricanes. No one signs up for abuse.
When the roof behind you crumbled in a category 4 hurricane but you’re still chill. See pics here https://www.instagram.com/p/CykBjx-RQbE...
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