Not Alone with Your ACEs
A large majority of people have had Adverse Childhood Experiences, which directly affect our health.
A large majority of people have had Adverse Childhood Experiences, which directly affect our health.
Flashbacks to preverbal memories are intense, all-consuming, boundaryless.
Suddenly we are defiantly thirteen, or playfully four, or speechlessly afraid when we would prefer to be competent adults.
Whether you sleep or not, night can be a time for rest, contemplation, and listening inside.
Relaxation is surrender, not to someone else, but to your present truth.
Survivors face denial, hostility, and pressure to consider themselves less important than the perpetrator.
Safety is an internal experience, a skill to be learned and a choice to be made.
When you give yourself full permission to feel helpless and frozen, it paradoxically creates space for healing and effective action.
Trauma is overwhelming, but healing doesn't have to be.