Trauma Healing Our most traumatic experiences instil the deepest agony and fear within us; and embedded emotions elicited from trauma can hold us back immeasurably from moving fluidly through the world, even shaping the person we are under a painful illusion; we can become inclined to live in perpetual survival mode, overwhelming the body and mind with distractions and addictions to unburden us from the most painful past experiences. Trauma healing is a fundamental part of the innate freedom and return to true self that Liberation leads us towards; freeing us of the weight brought on by holding onto suffering.
After a rather intense family holiday, I got back to Cape Town and basically collapsed, my body just wanted to sleep and recover and I realized that what I was experiencing was the body’s need to heal from my 5 years of living with the mother of my daughter which could only be described as massively traumatizing to my nervous system. I would have never seen myself in a PTSD light but this is exactly what I went through and I am only now able to discharge the effects of it from my emotional space, my nervous system and body. What Liberation has done has basically forced me to take some down time, some time out to get extra therapeutic assistance. The truth be told redemption will shine a light wherever it is needed and bring us to the space where we take the time to focus on what needs to be focused on, in order to return to our fullest self. There is so much healing to be done, but healing in the sense of becoming whole by acknowledging the past struggle and letting the body know that it is now safe to come out and play after the weight of the damage has been thrown overboard; even if this means lying on our backs for a month. What this looks like to everyone will be different and is often inconceivable but giving yourself the time to do some repair work so that the body can unwind from its trauma is often essential for true healing to occur. - W
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