(Here’s the one-line summary for people in a hurry: 1) listen 2) get consent, always.) This is a guide to how sensitive people like me can freak out at innocent-seeming, well-intentioned, responses. It’s a window into our world. It’s probably why we hate it when people try to help us. It does include a specific …
This is somewhere in between a poem and…advice? Recommendations? I believe words have incredible power. They can wound but they can also heal. If we listen well and respond with care we can actually help others heal simply by having a conversation with them. The ways we talk to ourselves can keep us stuck or …
I wonder if mania is something that happens to traumatized people due to the after-effects of the trauma. The trauma has made their baseline emotional state ‘sad’ (perhaps also anxious, they might be ‘braced for impact’) and they are very invalidated. ‘Normal happiness’ is not an option for them. They don’t know they are always …