Jakkie DeCorsey
@northernedge
Jakkie DeCorsey
Chamber 1:
If you struggle with any kind of addiction, at separation you could potentially fall off the wagon: particularly if you’re also dealing with emotional trauma. The extreme vulnerability of Separation can simply feel too overwhelming and the addictive substance acts as a means to blunt the intensity of it.
- Wild Power, Alexandra Pope &
... See moreThis showed up quite a bit when I was younger. Like the strongest desire to just get absolutely thrashed with alcohol, like something that I didn’t even know where it came from. But it did feel like I way I could still “connect” with people around me in a way that they would enjoy, relate to, etc… whereas my actual inner state did not feel connect-able,
Perfect back to a running gift.
Like talking about the waiting period after you plant the seeds. It’s sometimes the easy part to plant them; you follow instructions and get the “right things”, but after you plant you’re stuck with all the feelings that come with waiting. While the plant is doing all the “unseen” work. Liken that to therapy
This is a great example of how recreation is a preliminary step towards extraction. And how recreation first acts as an impenetrable shield to other claims to the land, but is super flimsy when it comes to extraction uses in the ever present resource/energy crises.
This is also a good demonstration of how when we lean really heavily on corporations to save us, to have our back, to voice and stand up for us… they will until there’s a greater price tag to be had by selling out. We the consumers are just a vehicle for wealth to be created.
