Autoimmune diseases refer to problems with the immune system, which usually fights off viruses, bacteria, and infection. The problem causes your immune cells to attack your body by mistake. These diseases can affect almost any part of the body. (NIH) The immune system gets confused. It attacks the one it is supposed to protect. When …
I dabbled in meditation for years before I took up a regular practice. And that regular practice didn\’t last long, honestly. I am, at best, a sporadic meditator. Same with yoga. Same with writing. about fifteen years ago, though, I got serious about meditation for quite some time. It was transformative–and not always in a …
The Cacophony of Quiet: How the Pandemic Has Brought Us Face to Face With Ourselves Read More »
so many pieces that had been well in placehave been broken, of latethey are all floating around the feeling of not knowingor ratherthe awareness of itblanknessopen spaceno groundis hard for anyoneright?for me it feels life-threateningthought the adult knowsall will be okay…. the four-year-olddoes NOTthe trauma that lay hidden for so longcomes rushing to the surfaceand …
I know how I feel but it\’s not easily translating into words today. take what resonates, leave the rest, I guess. As a white, suburban, American, I was raised to see this holiday as a celebration. In recent years, I\’ve been shown the error of what I was taught, what I believed, what is widely …
A dear friend reached out to me this week, overloaded by several crises. Heartbreaking situations, one piled on top of the other, a heavy load to carry. They would be crises for most folks, and this friend also has a history of early childhood trauma. I recognize trigger when I see it. She cried on …
Written in a workshop with Beth Dunnington, August 2020 I started doing this thing, this imagery thing, when my PTSD got triggered….maybe fifteen years ago. Maybe more. I don\’t recall exactly when, but the images are in my mind forever. My four-year-old–the age I was when the traumas happened–needs me. She is in the bedroom …
going to get her, over and over: reclaiming the pieces Read More »
I laid on the table today, face down, while he worked out my fascia (which he called \”all twisted up\”–oh, is THAT why my back hurts??). It was just us in his office. He had to let his administrative person go, because the business is suffering in COVID-19. He took my temperature himself when I …
This week I posted on my Facebook page three metaphors to try to explain to people what it can be like to be Highly Sensitive, an Empath, and/or live with a trauma history. here is the post. First of all: This is a sharing of my own experience and what works for me. It may …
How to THRIVE as Highly Sensitive people, Empaths, and trauma survivors (or all three!) Read More »
I said in my last post that this pandemic, this global crisis, was easier in some ways because it was not new or crazy for me to feel anxious and unsafe much of the time. That\’s true. But what is also true is that in many ways, we trauma survivors may have it much harder …
Surviving Trigger and Anxiety in the Age of COVID-19 Read More »
(cover image is of a tiny plant sprouting up through a sidewalk crack) There is a global pandemic. And we don\’t have enough masks. Not just for us, the people.We don\’t have enough masks for health care workers.Everything feels quite serious and overwhelming and scary. Because it is. It seems surreal-right? A friend messaged me …
Why COVID-19 is Easier For Me (or, Functioning While in Distress) Read More »
