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It was worth it, though. Stephanie is correct; if you don’t define yourself, other people will. It happened as a child to many of us when an abuser defined us as someone whom they could abuse; we took that lesson to heart and allowed others to keep defining us repeatedly. Some of those people may have wanted to help, some likely didn’t. It doesn’t matter. The only person who has the right to define you is you.
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Link – Comfort Zones: An Alternative Perspective
I am frustrated by the fact that this description is over 100 years old, and yet as I look around at society, we clearly don’t get it. “A little over a century ago Robert Yerkes, a celebrated psychologist, began speaking of a behavioral theory whereby, in order to optimize performance, humans must reach a level…
Sharing – Know Your Partner’s Trauma
Once I was public about my abuse, it became obvious to me that anyone I was going to be involved with romantically probably needed to know about my past sooner rather than later. Maybe not all the details upfront, but the fact that I am a survivor usually came out early. There was no reason not to share that information with someone who I was going to be in a romantic relationship with because that trauma impacted so many little things about me and how I acted in that relationship.
Sharing – Mental health: How we’ve improved and where we need to do better in 2020
There is some really excellent analysis in the article below. It shows just how far we have come when it comes to having better conversations about mental health, accepting that mental health struggles are common and reducing, though not eliminating, stigma. But, those things also shine a brighter light on the areas we are failing…
