What I Wish I Knew About Healing

Hey friends! I decided I wanted to get vulnerable with you guys because in all honesty, it was a chore putting up this SIMPLE post.🙃 I constantly get trapped in the rumination of my traumatic past & I wanted to share some things I wish I knew before I decided to start healing. I hope this helps someone💛🥹

1. Focus On You ✨

- This is a hard one for me considering that i’m the oldest daughter. I found that repeating the affirmations are very helpful. I don’t have set ones but I repeat things to myself like “I am in control of my own peace and my energy”, “I’m allowed to remove myself and/or others when there’s negativity present.”, & “I have the power to make the right choices for me.” Once I make a switch in what could take my focus, I literally become unstoppable!

2. The “Waves” 🌊

- I like to refer to the up and down feels as “waves”. One second, I think i’m the baddest b**ch alive and the next, im like deeply emotional about some stuff that happened to me when I was like 8 😭😂 When this happens, I try to redirect my focus to the current moment and try to get myself busy because chances are, I WAS NOT 😭

3. This Rewire is NUTS actually

- I knew that when attempting to heal, I was gonna have to learn how to do certain things again but I didn’t know it was gonna have to be continued by constant practice and reflection. It feels soo weird to do these things that you know are good for you but I have to constantly remind myself that it is all for my bestest self.

I hope this finds someone well. Healing isn’t easy AT ALL. You don’t lose the memories of your trauma, but those memories start to hurt less. Earlier this year, I actually got a therapist who is helping speed up my healing process and I definitely recommend the same!! This is just what I wish I knew. We got this!! I hope y’all are taking care of yourselves and each other 💛

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