Healing and Exorcism

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What is trauma?

Trauma isn't the event itself, but rather what occurs within you because of the event. Think of a physical injury: the cut is the event, the scar is the trauma. It's the lasting impact, the fear, the emotional memory lodged in your body.

Trauma creates fear, loneliness, helplessness, and disconnects you from your true being. It leads

Trauma stories lessen the isolation of trauma, and they provide an explanation for why people suffer the way they do.

Bessel van der Kolk • The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma

i used to be pretty 'traumatized' in the classic sense - nightmares, difficulty sleeping, etc. Over the course of a 1-2 years I managed to fix nearly all of it. I used a lot of techniques - but one thing that was noticeably absent in my healing was psychological narrative. 1/

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