Patriarchy Stress Disorder
“price of success” among
Valerie Rein • Patriarchy Stress Disorder
trauma adaptations may look like withdrawing and making ourselves smaller to protect ourselves from experiencing the pain of rejection or criticism, or feeling unwanted.
Valerie Rein • Patriarchy Stress Disorder
Trauma is any experience that made you feel unsafe in your fullest authentic expression and led to developing trauma adaptations to keep you safe.
Valerie Rein • Patriarchy Stress Disorder
Exactly what happened to me.
enjoy my spa day in a hospital gown.
Valerie Rein • Patriarchy Stress Disorder
Yeah the first time it felt that way. I felt remedied and wanted to talk to people joyfully for what it was a long time. Idk and I gained a friend. I still see the vision of me getting upset while unwrapping a horse painting but right now I’m on the present and I’m going to not worry about it.
“Why can’t I just put down the spoon and put the ice cream back in the freezer? What’s wrong with me?”
Valerie Rein • Patriarchy Stress Disorder
it unites rather than divides.
Valerie Rein • Patriarchy Stress Disorder
even more insidious than the external glass ceiling.
Valerie Rein • Patriarchy Stress Disorder
When we see the invisible, we can do the impossible.
Valerie Rein • Patriarchy Stress Disorder
Meryl Streep spoke about her imposter syndrome in an interview with Ken Burns: “You think, ‘Why would anyone want to see me again in a movie? And I don’t know how to act anyway, so why am I doing this?’“2