Category: wellbeing
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Escaping the real world to find hope in the make believe: Peter Pan
I was reminded the other day of a time I really truly believed in Peter Pan and Never land. I acknowledge that every child has a period of make believe and of escaping into their own little worlds. For me that world was a saving grace so many times. I would write notes to Peter…
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Trauma Therapy Session 16: Post day 6. Back to processing, back to learning.
It has been a while. I have not had any sessions for a good few weeks, sickness and planning combined. But the break was good, it reassured me that I am not currently dependant on therapy and it gave me some down time, to recover from the intensity of the work. This week was a…
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It is the small things which count. Businesses supporting the Mx prefix.
It is the small things which count. Businesses supporting the Mx prefix. As someone who is newly embracing my whole self it spreads a smile across my face and sends a little bolt of self actualisation through my being every time I come across a company which allows me to recognise myself in a way…
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Poetry to Ignite the Soul: The life I never had a chance to live
Please know I am so grateful for the life I have. The love which surrounds me everyday. The intrigue of a job with endless possibility in its capacity to learn. The people who brighten my moments and guide me on my path. But there is a part of me which mourns for the life I…
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Shifting flashbacks. Sorting through a messy history.
I have noticed something since starting therapy. Previously all the flashbacks I suffered were fixed. The same images the same points in time thrown into my present thought. And historically I treated them all the same…pushed them aside, literally shook them off, distracted myself and tried to crack on with stuff. They weren’t relevant or…
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Validity. What makes us who we are and how can we accept and adapt.
I have really been wrangling with this concept the last couple of weeks. I have long held a part of me separately to the parts I shared. It was always there, but only one other person in the world knew about it. For everyone else it just didn’t feature. And now I have started to…
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Not beating myself up over something I can’t control. Happy days.
So this weekend I have had another water infection. I know gross and way more sharing than some people will manage but the context matters. This morning I found myself in a familiar position of beating myself up because I was not up to my usual performance. I did not have a great night, awake…
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Dreaming of my therapist. No escape from the past.
Hey all, I have not written about a specific dream for so long. And my therapist has counselled me to not read into them too much. However last nights was such a direct reflection of some of my worrying I thought I would share. That and whilst I have been seeing him for months now…
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Trauma Therapy Session 16: Post day 5. Fiercely Independent. One belief I am not going to change.
Last session we talked through extending our sessions to allow for some further work. Chris graciously agreed to put in a request for some more, though I heard loud and clear there was a limit to the time we could work together. I know part me desperately wanted to hear him say he would stick…
Rowan Aderyn 