How I Avoided PTSD
I didn’t want post traumatic stress, so I gave myself post traumatic growth instead. Here’s how:
- Asking quality questions like: “what can I learn from this experience?”
Questions asked with a curious tone point the brain towards how the experience was beneficial in terms of learning and growth. - Rather than victimise myself by thinking something happened TO me, I considered how it was FOR me.
A quality question I asked myself is “How has this been valuable for me?” - Allowing myself to feel how I feel.
No matter what feelings arise in me, I welcome them all and feel them fully until they have dissipated entirely. This is an ongoing process. - Looking for the love.
Looking for the love is my way of saying, “What can I appreciate here?” We will always find something to be grateful for if we are earnest and sincere in looking. - Sharing honestly.
I didn’t hide my experience of the situation. I shared about it publicly relatively quickly after it occurred.
Traumatising Experiences
After hearing friends recommend The Body Magician for a while, the most recent time Joyce Ong mentioned Bruce Scott‘s name, my body gave a little nod of encouragement so I booked a session with him for yesterday evening.
Privilege & the Subconscious Mind
We take for granted that which we are accustomed to – in other words, our privilege. If we’re used to walking and moving about the world pain-free, we think that’s normal.
Beautiful Souls
I’ve been observing how often I hear the term “beautiful soul” and I’ve been reflecting on that this morning. I reckon we all have a beautiful soul. Seriously, have you ever met anyone that didn’t? It’s our human psyches that can mask it (through judgement), so we can’t always perceive it.
