Why are we allowing the shittiest group of people ruin everything for the rest of us?

#trumpforprison

The story we tell ourselves about who we are & what we're all about impacts our focus, our motivation, & our mood, 24/7/365. We can't leave a variable as potentially transformative-- or destructive-- as our story to chance. We need to purposefully shape & edit our story, daily.

You don't "have" to work a trauma recovery. You don't "have" to do anything. If you're reading this you've likely been exposed to more coercion in your life than most humans-- & you're not going to recover through pressure & shame.

Start when you're ready-- when it's a choice.

Having to put more energy & skill into emotional regulation than other people do sucks. We don't have to pretend it doesn't. And, we also don't have to get up in our head about "I'm not gonna do this because I shouldn't have to."

We can acknowledge the suck-- & do the thing.

#PostSomethingEpsteinEveryDay #EpsteinFiles

Trauma survivors might seem like we're "holding on" to the past-- but what's actually happening is, our nervous system is desperately trying to make sense of what happened so we can safely move on.

Which can be a problem, when there's no "sense" to be made of it.

The richest 10% of Americans own roughly 87% of stocks.

The richest 1% alone own roughly half of all stocks.

It's worth pointing out once again that the stock market is not the economy.

There isn't a one-stop solution for trauma survivors' reflexive fear of abandonment & conflicted feelings about getting close to others.

What there is, is meeting those feelings & reactions w/ patience & realism, acknowledging them-- & not letting them make decisions FOR us.

It's going to take time to even sort of halfway trust people you don't know well to be part of your recovery journey-- & that's not "crazy."

The CPTSD wound is a betrayal wound, & we have to be realistic about what that means when it comes to managing vulnerability & closeness.

Your post is identical to this one. Just sayin.

Your post is identical to this one. Just sayin.

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"We can have democracy in this country, or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can't have both."

–Justice Louis Brandeis

No one reading this is "choosing" to hang on to their past or their pain. No one. If we're hanging on to anything, we're doing so reflexively-- "part" of us believes that letting go of it would be disastrous.

Realistically helping that "part" feel & be safe is where the work is.

CPTSD can lead the strongest, smartest people on the planet to truly believe they are weak, stupid-- & "bad."

You need to know those feelings & beliefs have zero to do w/ reality-- they are wounds that stems from having been vulnerable & alone when you most needed support.

“How lucky is the United States that everytime they look for democracy in other countries they find oil instead”- Spain Deputy Gabriel Rufián

In the 6th week of the Iran war . . .

CPTSD survivors don't stay in painful or unfulfilling relationships because we "like" them. We stay because predictable pain is preferable to our nervous system than unpredictable (whatever).

We've been conditioned to prioritize risk management over fulfillment.

CNN reports that 75% of Americans support impeaching, prosecuting, and imprisoning Donald Trump

#impeach #IMPEACHMENT
#IMPEACHTRUMP

Let's focus on something we ALL agree on:

#ReleaseTheEPSTEIN_Files

Israel: Discriminatory Death Penalty Bill Passes On March 30, the Israeli Knesset passed a discriminatory bill expanding use of the death penalty for terrorism-related offenses.

The Israeli Knesset has passed a discriminatory bill expanding use of the death penalty.

Combined with its severe restrictions on appeals and its 90-day execution timeline, this bill aims to kill Palestinian detainees faster and with less scrutiny.

No, it's absolutely not fair that healing from sh*t you didn't choose & people who may not even be in your life (or alive) anymore is your responsibility. You get to be pissed about it. I am. But do not let that sh*t & those people ruin another minute for you. Work your recovery.

You're not "bad at sleep." Your nervous system is fried from hypervigilance & your brain is not interested in giving post traumatic nightmares a few hours to torture you. It's not your fault.

Trauma responses & symptoms are not "choices" or "failures."

Demanding someone quit fantasizing about suicide without supporting them in developing a better quality of life isn't going to work. Chances are they're suicidal at least partly because of all the demands they've endured already-- without realistic support.

Im surprised trump hasn't called it a 'Special Military Operation' yet.

Whoever made this, it’s BRILLIANT.

Trump’s “Board of Peace.”

I'm begging my fellow politicians, Illinoisans, and Americans to realize that right now, we aren't fighting over policy or political party.

We're fighting over whether we're going to be a country rooted in empathy and kindness — or one rooted in cruelty and rage.