healing from trauma is about learning that it's okay to feel what you feel and know what you know
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July 7th, 2021
- this tweet touches some really really important stuff about healing from trauma is about learning that it's okay to feel what you feel and know what you know and Home and safety
- corollaries: 1. you can only heal to the level of safety you’re *actually at*
2. healing is the process of making sure you never return to the less-safe environment, after you’ve left.
in contrast to trauma, which answers “what’s safest while I’m still inside the unsafe envt”
February 18th, 2021
- "healing from trauma is about learning that it's okay to feel what you feel and know what you know" — Bessel van der Kolk
- I would add "okay to want what you want"
- and this is really important - related to Home, intentionality & many other topics