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How Childhood Trauma Affected My Ability to Receive Love
Why strangers felt safer than the person I loved This is the hardest piece I’ve written so far. My chest feels heavy. My throat feels constricted. Like my body is trying to stop the words before I type them. A few weeks ago, someone left a comment asking why I never mention significant others in…
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Trauma: My Body Wouldn’t Let Me Say It Out Loud
What happens when you finally name what happened to you. I thought I was ready for therapy, until I was told this was bigger than CBT,something that needed a more trauma-informed approach. So I kept looking. Reading bios,trying to decide who I might open myself to. In the back of my mind, I was only…