Are you continually finding yourself struggling with trust issues? Do you find it difficult to know who you can trust and who is not trustworthy? Do you often make choices of letting people in that hurt you and cause you to doubt yourself rather then having healthy relationships with people that support you and encourage as well as challenge you to grow? Do you struggle with trusting yourself and your own impressions and perceptions? Do you expect to be rejected and betrayed rather than honored and loved?
STOP MAKING PEACE WITH POWERLESSNESS
Do you find it difficult to assert yourself as you fear that you will be misunderstood or rejected? Do you fear conflict and do whatever you can to avoid having to address issues? Do you believe that “your voice” will not have any influence so why bother to speak? Do you have difficulties setting boundaries and limits in relationships as you fear how others will react?
MOVING FORWARD WITH HOPE
Pandemic has been so stressful for so many of us and for others it has been traumatic. You may already have had a history of trauma as a child or adult and this difficult stressful time has been a “reinjury” ” Now that there is more movement forward in this pandemic situation you may have become even more aware of how this has effected you both inside and out as well as you may be longing to begin another level of moving forward with HOPE and to gain understanding of how your history of trauma has effected you and that you need to take time to HEAL but are not sure how to go about that.
NEGATIVITY IS STEALING YOUR LIFE
ARE YOU CONTINUALLY EXPECTING THE WORST OUTCOME AND CATASTROPHIZING AS YOU APPROACH SITUATIONS? WITH YOUR RELATIONSHIPS?H OW YOU VIEW YOURSELF? IS THE GLUE IN YOUR ATTEMPT TO CONNECT WITH OTHERS THAT YOU BOTH MARINATE IN COMPLAINTS AND WORRIES ABOUT YOUR LIFE AND LACK INNER PEACE AND BELIEVE YOU ARE A VICTIM WITH LITTLE HOPE OR BELIEF OF CHANGE? ARE YOU FEELING EXHAUSTED AND DEPLETED PHYSICALLY AND EMOTIONALLY AS DEPRESSION TAKES HOLD OF YOU?
TIME TO RE-EVALUATE FRIENDSHIPS
THIS CERTAINLY HAS BEEN A CHALLENGING TIME FOR EVERYONE AS THE PANDEMIC HAS CHANGED SO MANY THINGS AROUND. FRIENDSHIPS ARE NOW MORE IMPORTANT THAN EVER BUT IT IS ESSENTIAL THAT THEY ARE ‘HEALTHY AND NOT TOXIC’’. YOU MAY HAVE COUNTED ON PEOLPLE TO BE THERE FOR YOU WHO NEVER ‘SHOWED UP’ AS THE FRIEND YOU HAD THOUGHT THEY WOULD BE..SOUNDS LIKE A G0OD TIME TO RE-EVALUATE YOUR FRIENDSHIPS!
DAUGHTERS TRAUMATIZED BY A TOXIC FATHER
When you are a daughter :a precious little girl who has been abused by your father who was the one who was suppose to protect you and love you and reflect that you are valuable then the traumatic effects of this deep betrayal can take on a life of its own.. If you have been sexually, physically, or emotionally abused by a toxic father then this “trauma” has greatly wounded your mind/body and spirit as you have very likely internalized and minimized what has happened as you have been overcome with shame and blaming yourself,. You also very likely have had to adjust in order “to survive” and are continuing to “adjust” and as a result have not been able to move on to “healing”. But now you are beginning to know it is time to address what happened to you so that the effects of your “trauma” no longer have to run or “ruin your life”!
REMOVING THE WALL AROUND YOUR HEART
Have you noticed that in your attempt to protect yourself from pain (caused by others)that now you feel even more “shutdown” and “frozen”? You have created your own prison and closed the door to your heart. The wall that you created to “protect Have you noticed that in your attempt to protect yourself from pain (caused by others)that now you feel even more “shutdown” and “frozen”? You have created your own prison and closed the door to your heart. The wall that you created to “protect you” is now hurting you as you are now closed off from “giving and receiving love”? you” is now hurting you as you are now closed off from “giving and receiving love”?
MENDING YOUR BROKEN HEART
There have been so many loses on so many different levels during this pandemic that so many are walking around with a broken heart. You may be trying to cope the best way you can and are depressed and broken hearted. You may be dealing with a recent loss(caused by tragedy, illness or a breakup) or maybe you have never addressed losses and past deep disappointments and now during this season everything is coming more to the surface..
STUCK IN DEPRESSION/PROCRASTINATION CYCLE
Do you feel like you are just pedaling in place and not moving forward?
Has making decisions and following through become extremely difficult for you?
Do you keep delaying and putting off what you know you need to address?
Do you “beat yourself up” and “ruminate” and feel “stuck” in this pattern?
Are you neglecting yourself inside and out as everything feels like a chore?
HOW TO STOP PUTTING YOURSELF DOWN
Being able to “value yourself” is so essential as how you feel about yourself will effect your relationships and every area of your life. You may have grown up in a home where positive words, and encouragement, affection, were rarely or never part of your life and now you struggle with having a loving and healthy connection with yourself and others