Getting on with it. Now that my “vulnerability hang over” has subsided, I’m feeling strong and confident about my interview with @invisiblescarspodcast and all that we covered in one hour. Check out the episode to learn more about PTSD, Complex Trauma, therapeutic modalities and techniques to aid in healing.
I have heard it said “healing follows honesty” a term coined by the great social movements of AA and NA. I decided to be honest about my own experiences during the podcast in service to others, hoping that it might inspire others to see how shame has held them back, too. To help others feel less alone. To maybe encourage safe disclosures and discourse on trauma. But my honesty on the show did something else. It severed the final threads between me and my darkest secrets. It crushed the shame echos. The echos that have made it through decades of therapy. Through EMDR. Through hypnotherapy. Sharing my story has shifted things for me. It was done in a way that was safe and measured. In a way that I could both own and claim.
I didn’t know how far I’d go when we started recording. And it was both a deeply conscious and unconscious decision to lay it all out. And now, I feel lighter. A lot lighter.
So if you take a few things from this episode, know that to suffer is human. You are not alone. The past doesn’t have to define you or claim your future. Recovery is possible. It’s never too late. And finally, it didn’t start with you. Trauma rolls through the generations. Healing is the remedy.
And I have to say something about Jessalyn. Considering I have never spoken about my own trauma with anyone other than therapists (and my husband – but even with him it’s been a slow drip), this was a big moment for me. What stood out is that she never looked away. What you didn’t hear was the two mins of silence needed for me to collect myself. To regain control over my breathing. She never looked away. Because as survivors we know. We know the shame. And we also know what it means to be seen, scars and all. Thank you Jess. ❤️
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