Never thought of it that way, but yeah I think that pretty much nails it.
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My experience has been that healing is hard because it requires acknowledging that there are parts of you that simply do not and will never fit into the expectations society has imposed upon you (regardless of which society you live in), and if you want to be happy, you have to accept that maybe you're just a little weird, that's okay, and it may be better to just live in your own little world.
Your inner teenager is angry and wants justice for the lack of your inner child's safety. Your inner adult is restoring it.
Yep
Holy shit I did not expect to be called out like this. I was expecting a shitpost and got this instead?!?
Nope. Where's curiosity?
I agree. Parts of you can get stuck, in the trauma, experienced at the time. Exactly like that. There's this brilliant book called "no bad parts" by Richard C. Schwartz, PHD. And it takes you step by step incrementally through your parts stuck in trauma. I'm wording it poorly, it's brilliant stuff. I was listening to the audio book while gardening, it's absolutely the worst time to ugly cry, snot and all, when you're covered in dirt and can't wipe anything away. It was a good cry though. Letting go.
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