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Traumatic Memories Are Not Remembered, They Are Relived

When our emotional responses are out of sync with our current situation, it’s likely that we’re experiencing an emotional flashback. Triggers can be anything in our environment or within ourselves – a smell, a facial expression, a thought – that awaken a visceral, bodily memory.

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“I Don’t Know Myself”: Overcoming the Shadow of Self-Alienation

If we don’t know what our needs or wants are, we cannot fulfill them. We are unable to take care of ourselves physically. We don’t seek closeness when we feel lonely. We don’t do or buy things that we really want. We don’t pursue things that we enjoy.

What we do instead is try to fulfill everybody’s needs and expectations, because nothing inside of us gives a better option.

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