Without going into detail ~ your writing resonates with me today with respect to trauma over generations. The fact that I cannot control much of anything and focus on what I can control ; to relinquish the idea of control … it’s not easy as the worry steps and takes the lead . You are doing your best with a past that remains steeped in pain and then again ~ full of pure love and acceptance.
Perhaps our buckets are more full than we know ~ perhaps we will feel the wet water only when we look
Up and say “ I forgive you both”
I am no expert on grief or worry or what ifs… I am hopeful that Tanja’s love and strength will dry you off and bring a smile to your face. The noises will
One of the tools I’ve been using on my own PTSD journey is breathwork, specifically the kind that triggers a natural psychedelic response in the body. If you want to know more, feel free to reach out.
When my daughter died and then in the divorce that immediately followed I became increasingly paranoid. Until one day I realized I was thinking a close friend at work was working against me. That was my wake-up call to try and think more rationally. To be sure there was one other man at work who saw me as a rival and in my condition sensed weakness and would attack me in meetings. People can be such pricks.
The problem with some trauma is the bucket remains full all the time.
Without going into detail ~ your writing resonates with me today with respect to trauma over generations. The fact that I cannot control much of anything and focus on what I can control ; to relinquish the idea of control … it’s not easy as the worry steps and takes the lead . You are doing your best with a past that remains steeped in pain and then again ~ full of pure love and acceptance.
Perhaps our buckets are more full than we know ~ perhaps we will feel the wet water only when we look
Up and say “ I forgive you both”
I am no expert on grief or worry or what ifs… I am hopeful that Tanja’s love and strength will dry you off and bring a smile to your face. The noises will
Stop - they will .Believe in goodness and
see the beauty in old trees.
Thank you Lisa
Holding space for you from afar my friend.
One of the tools I’ve been using on my own PTSD journey is breathwork, specifically the kind that triggers a natural psychedelic response in the body. If you want to know more, feel free to reach out.
I've explored that quite a bit and I totally agree with you about how powerful a practice it can be! Thank you for reading and contributing friend.
Thank you once again for sharing your grief with us. I hear every word brother.
I know you you do my friend. It means a hell of a lot to me.
When my daughter died and then in the divorce that immediately followed I became increasingly paranoid. Until one day I realized I was thinking a close friend at work was working against me. That was my wake-up call to try and think more rationally. To be sure there was one other man at work who saw me as a rival and in my condition sensed weakness and would attack me in meetings. People can be such pricks.
The problem with some trauma is the bucket remains full all the time.