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The loneliness tore through me seated at the school waiting for my kids. I could not envision what my life would be like now, having literally lost everyone and everything. Loneliness is a deep, physical feeling. The one thing I never gave up on was the belief that I had done the right thing leaving despite no one else seeing or believing what I knew to be true.
Covid 19 and a Crisis of Faith Living with Complex Ptsd and Managing Change is challenging. When a global pandemic hits and your plans are thrown out the window what happens next? Raw & Real: When Covid 19 shutdown hit Australia I had a crisis of faith. I’ve spent decades walking in faith, listening for …
Raw & Real: The reparenting process needed after experiencing childhood developmental trauma includes recognising what our parents/caregivers did not provide for us and learning how to provide it for ourselves. By doing this we begin to form our own sense of self and in turn we begin to own our internal power instead of giving …
If there’s one thing I’ve continually felt frustrated with during this recovery to remission process it’s this. Why can’t I be well now. Heck, not even now, why can’t I be well yesterday?
“I’ve got to get away. Why do I even bother coming — no one cares that I’m here. I’m worthless. Nothing I say or do is ever right. I’m ugly, fat and lazy. I’ll never amount to anything.”
Raw and Real: There was a time when I couldn’t even pick up a sock. I could even get out of bed. And then when I started to get out of bed I could barely walk. There’s no doubt about it. Complex Ptsd recovery is one step at a time. It’s recognising my own one …
Raw & Real: Yesterday I got in my last Gym session until the Pandemic is over. I did ask could I duck in at 4.30am each day when no one was around, but the staff didn’t buy into it.
