trauma

• "Trauma and the impacts of oppression can act like fog on our window as we’re driving down the road of life. They make us question ourselves. They make us doubt what we feel, second-guess what we know, and silence what our bodies are trying to communicate. And they also quite literally create real life hurdles and limitations." quotation from heart led- a guide for intuitive living and creative embodiment
• "trauma happens when you experience something that overwhelms your nervous system. It could be a single event, like an accident or a natural disaster, or it could be chronic, like growing up in a stressful environment or navigating ongoing emotional abuse. When your brain perceives a threat, it jumps into action by activating your sympathetic nervous system, the part of your nervous system that is responsible for fight or flight. Adrenaline is released to give you energy to respond. These responses are incredibly intelligent and designed to protect you, but when trauma is unprocessed, they can get stuck in overdrive." quotation from heart led- a guide for intuitive living and creative embodiment
• the way i see it, when we do not have capacity for something, something else is filling up the space. and perhaps, what’s filling up the space are old, buried emotions from the past that influence the way we move through life. source
• “you’re not avoidant or incapable, you were forced to grow up too quickly and there is a child version of yourself that feels incomplete, like it never got to be a kid before responsibility took over. and now, you resist the responsibility that comes with taking on more work because it triggers those old feelings of overwhelm.” source

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