Almost all of us have had traumatic experiences in our life that have an impact on how we feel. Some that we remember and are conscious of and others we may have forgotten. Trauma lives in the body and can be understood as anxiety, stress, and low feelings or mood. These feelings inhibit us and hold us back from being our best in everyday situations. Trauma can leave you struggling with heavy emotions, memories, and anxiety that just won’t shift. You may also feel numb, disconnected, and unable to trust others.
Repeat x 10 times ‘I deserve inner peace’
When we experience emotional trauma, oftentimes, we’re told to focus on ourselves— but that can be much easier said than done. When it feels like the weight of the world is on your shoulders, it’s challenging to even find the strength to lift yourself or push yourself out of bed or even carry out your daily routine tasks. In fact, finding strength to heal from heavy emotions can be exhausting. However, it’s one of the most important things you can do for your holistic well-being. Here are three micro-steps to help get you started:
Surrender to your healing
The desire to feel better can be your best ally on the road to recovery. The reactions you experience because of trauma are only responses— they are not who you are. In order to heal, you’ll need to resolve the unpleasant feelings and memories you’ve long avoided, learn to recognise and have compassion your strong emotions.
Accept support from people you trust
It’s important to connect with people you trust regularly and avoid isolating yourself. It takes a village to raise a child, and it also takes a village to heal a person. There is no shame in asking for help. Surrounding yourself with those who support, love and respect you will be invaluable on your path to healing. If you struggle to find this community reach out to support groups in your area or online. Psychologists have found that being a part of a group can serve to provide compassion and support that cannot be gathered any other way.
Ground Yourself
If you don’t feel like yourself grounding techniques work like magic. The purpose is to connect using your senses with what is real. For example, lying down on the earth, feeling the grass and cold soil under your body supports you to with nature. Listening to mother earths calming sounds, touching a plant, and smelling a flower also reinforces the environment around you, making you root and disconnect from upsetting memories or emotions.
It may be hard to believe this now, but you must remember the heart does heal. Love yourself enough to believe that you deserve refuge from pain and suffering. With faith and willingness to take the right steps, you will experience new levels of joy, appreciation, and vitality once you have healed.
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