Running from Life and Onto the Highway – A Surgical Marathon
Do you know the feeling you get when you run? The harsh pounding of the wind against your chest,...
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Category: What It Feels Like to Me
Trauma is cumulative, but so is healing.
At times, healing from trauma can feel like a struggle to grasp just who is in control of this...
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Get back up, dust yourself off, and keep going!
You don’t always know how you are going to react to a stressful situation until the reality of...
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Be careful how you define yourself.
One of the things that I have been struggling with for the last couple of months, is trying to...
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Living a double life as a survivor
Let’s think together of some situations where something seems amazing on the outside, but...
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Busyness should not be a substitute for mindfulness
Quite often keeping ourselves busy can feel like a great coping strategy. After all, if we...
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Thoughts at night, when the mind wanders endlessly.
The following is an email that I sent to a friend, late at night when I couldn’t sleep and...
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Is there anything worse than feeling unlovable?
As is typical of me and my writing, the inspiration for this post came from a recent session,...
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What being a survivor with OCD feels like
I thought I would revisit this topic of, “What it feels like to me”. Previously I...
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Healing from abuse feels like a juggling act.
It’s no secret if you know me at all, have read this blog, or have checked out my podcasts...
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Flashbacks are diminishing, but what is the true reason?
One of the hardest things to deal with as a survivor of childhood sexual abuse, or any type of...
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Remembering when I took my life back
There are a handful of times in my life that I can look back with fondness and feel good about the...
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