This is good. I confess I have often thought about why trauma is a prominent issue right now but like pretty much everything else that emerges from our understanding of things, naturally we notice more now. And I agree with you, that it's best to face the past or you can't move forward. My varying experiences with trauma have played out with my usual mantra - learn how to live along side it, with it i.e. I live with depression, I don't suffer from it. Getting there is different for everyone. Nice thoughts on this, Joy. Thank you.
“Forced stoicism” mmmm, the anchor of WASPish emotional repression. I’m down for the outbursts. The big feelings. The ones that make people look left and right. Yes. I’d prefer that over a tennis clap any day of the week.
This is good. I confess I have often thought about why trauma is a prominent issue right now but like pretty much everything else that emerges from our understanding of things, naturally we notice more now. And I agree with you, that it's best to face the past or you can't move forward. My varying experiences with trauma have played out with my usual mantra - learn how to live along side it, with it i.e. I live with depression, I don't suffer from it. Getting there is different for everyone. Nice thoughts on this, Joy. Thank you.
Thanks! I think the pandemic forced a lot of people to reexamine their past, and of course, caused a lot of fresh trauma to pile on top of the old.
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“Forced stoicism” mmmm, the anchor of WASPish emotional repression. I’m down for the outbursts. The big feelings. The ones that make people look left and right. Yes. I’d prefer that over a tennis clap any day of the week.