“The unpleasant feelings come from stories I make up in my head.” IMO that would make a fine description for trauma!! That’s all it is really, our “ugly” thoughts and behaviours are just either conscious (or often subconscious) stories that we tell ourselves, and our emotions serve as a guide to for us to look deeper :)
Incidentally, at the Stranger Gathering pre-meetup yesterday, I met a beautiful soul who talked about how most of human beliefs, systems are just stories that we have grown to accept as fact — she strongly recommended the book "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari" which illuminates this topic very well. I'm going to read it next!
"And that’s not how I want to live." This is such a powerful sentence, I got chills from it. The strength, conviction, and commitment behind those words. Bravo!!!
"What situations do you find yourself having expectations but they were not met? How does that make you feel?" I'll be writing about something similar for my next two posts! :)
Also, I don't think you need any help with this, but remember to "process" before letting go!! :)
Yes!! Ohh that's super cool, I tried to read Sapiens before but didn't get past the first couple of chapters as it was pretty dense. I might look for the short form summary 😂 do share your learnings/notes if you do get to it!
Thank you for the highlight 🥹 the journey of discovery of self leads us to figure out what we want and do not want, and slowly I see it forming for myself.
“The unpleasant feelings come from stories I make up in my head.” IMO that would make a fine description for trauma!! That’s all it is really, our “ugly” thoughts and behaviours are just either conscious (or often subconscious) stories that we tell ourselves, and our emotions serve as a guide to for us to look deeper :)
Incidentally, at the Stranger Gathering pre-meetup yesterday, I met a beautiful soul who talked about how most of human beliefs, systems are just stories that we have grown to accept as fact — she strongly recommended the book "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari" which illuminates this topic very well. I'm going to read it next!
"And that’s not how I want to live." This is such a powerful sentence, I got chills from it. The strength, conviction, and commitment behind those words. Bravo!!!
"What situations do you find yourself having expectations but they were not met? How does that make you feel?" I'll be writing about something similar for my next two posts! :)
Also, I don't think you need any help with this, but remember to "process" before letting go!! :)
Yes!! Ohh that's super cool, I tried to read Sapiens before but didn't get past the first couple of chapters as it was pretty dense. I might look for the short form summary 😂 do share your learnings/notes if you do get to it!
Thank you for the highlight 🥹 the journey of discovery of self leads us to figure out what we want and do not want, and slowly I see it forming for myself.
Awesome!! Looking forward to your posts ;)