Tag: wellbeing
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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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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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Poetry to Inspire: To be seen.
I just want to be seen. For the world to know the path I have walked and accept me anyway. For the ones I love to know how I see the world and not shy away. For the way I feel to be welcomed and held in open arms. To feel like I am whole,…
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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…
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Three thoughts for Father’s Day for the ones without fathers or always wanting to be a dad.
Father’s Day is definitely a happy time for many recognising the love and showing gratitude for the wonderful dads who helped shape our journey. For some though it can be hard. Either a bitter reminder of the father they never had, the father they have lost or the heart breaking reality of the child they…
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Trauma Therapy Session 15: Post day 8.Five steps to processing emotions.
As part of my ongoing therapy we have been trying to explore and expose me to more negative emotions. Previously negative emotions were a set of feelings I forced aside, avoided, halted, or ignored. This process has been extremely uncomfortable though I recognise needed. I am still not great at it and last week I…
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Trauma Therapy Session 15: Post day 6. Five ways to support your partner while you get treatment.
Sharing a journey through treatment to demystify the process for anyone nervous about starting therapy. Reflecting on the conversations to find the lessons to move forward. I took some time to speak with Stephen this week I wanted to understand his perspective on this journey. I often wonder how it impacts him. I know I…
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Poetry to Ignite: Hold on
Hold on, for just one more day.I promise there is a tomorrow which holds your dreams and it is closer than you will ever know. Hold on, for just one more hour.Those feelings which drown you will always fade away, this too shall pass. Hold on, for just one more minute.Those thoughts can’t last forever,…
Rowan Aderyn 