Trusting for those with Trauma
We have a limited amount of time as well as a limited amount of energy yet in the spiritual community, we are supposed to believe that we’re limitless.
As a spiritual person, I think that this is true…within in the realm of our reality. I think that one thing we need to realize is that realizing our joy and our happiness is something that can be real.
I think about how the joy of a new romantic relationship brings both utter joy and anxiety in one’s life. The adrenaline and dopamine dance inside of us usually, until the scars that identify us in unique ways like snowflakes come to the surface.
I am someone that, because of my scars, cannot just allow myself to be happy because I have lived in chaos for so long. Luckily, my partner is patient with me as I sift through the emotions that I felt I was never allowed to deal with from my upbringing.
Does it take another person to free ourselves?
Yes, sometimes.
No, not always.
Modern women are taught to challenge the idea of being and damsel in distress but sometimes we need to acknowledge that as humans, we have the opportunity to be in distress. Now, why do I say opportunity?
“Challenge brings change”
Think of a muscle that breaks. It breaks to heal back stronger…if rested and cared for. For all of the things that this society demands from us to be, we must come back to self and that includes dealing with our shadows, our darknesses.
Trauma does not happen for no reason.
It happens to teach us and connect us because it does make things harder. Yet, all our scars teach us is what we are made of.
We are told from the Bible: “You are dust and to dust you will return.” — Genesis 3:19
On this rocky star, we are made of the stars that this rock is made of. It is through healing that we are able to realize and build on our full potential.
As a fitness professional and an artist, I am learning each day that my philosophy revolves around restoration and healing. Why? Because we are always in the process of building and breaking and rebuilding.
Now, here is some homework for you so that you are able to take your healing and your restoration into your own hands:
- Smile at yourself in the mirror or on camera for 3–5 minutes. Consider the things and memories that make you hold this smile?
- Frown or scowl at yourself in the mirror or on camera for 3–5 minutes. Consider the things and memories that make you hold this frown or scowl?
- Journal for at least 5 minutes
- Break 7 breaths after your journal
