Many times we don’t realize the healing process of trauma is delayed because we have yet to get rid of ways we dealt with the trauma. Even when the trauma itself has passed… there will always be aftershocks (reminders) that can happen decades after our world was shaken, which means we can also find ourselves resulting behaviors… but we can grow and learn to handle the aftershocks better. 🙏🏽❤️🙏🏽
So true. I've learned to acknowledge that how I survived childhood sexual abuse kept me alive, and equally no longer serves me now. Finding the better way to handle that past trauma is always a work in progress.