I just got back from an incredible, intensive training in EMDR, Complex PTSD and Dissociation and this quote is really speaking to me. No one’s life is pain free, but the pain present from growing up in a family that is neglectful, chaotic, or toxic is magnified. And I don’t think we can be truly … [Read more...]
I may not get over it, but I can get through it.
Could we all just agree to stop telling each other to get over it? Please? In my experience, the vast majority of people would get over it if they could. No matter how big or small the trauma was, no one wants to be living with that day in and day out. And if people could simply get over it, then … [Read more...]
Distress Tolerance Skill: self-soothing
Distress tolerance is a set of skills for helping you learn to tolerate emotional distress and upset. Self-soothing is one set of distress tolerance skills. In the ideal situation, these self-soothing skills are learned from an early age in the parent-child relationship so that the child grows up … [Read more...]
Pride 2019
Happy Pride weekend! I am so excited as this is the first year I will be getting to participate in the parade. I know that the first Pride was a riot. I know that it is not about commercially bought rainbows and merchandise. I also know how important it is to show up in a visible way as a … [Read more...]
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