10/17/2024
One of the defining features of traumatic events is the loss of choice over what happened to you. They can leave you feeling trapped, helpless, or powerless.
When we do not feel as though we have choices, we can begin to feel trapped, our nervous system perceives a threat.
Therefore, recovery from trauma involves realizing that you do have choices available to you now. (And hopefully that is true).
Take some time to reflect on the small choices available to you today that make a positive difference in how you feel. Choices to engage or disengage from the news or choices to rest and/or move your body, choices about how your feed yourself, choices about how you talk to yourself with self-compassion, choices about how you treat others with kindness, choices to pause rather than react with anger…these decisions add up and help you come out of survival and to feel more empowered so that you can be the creator of your life…one choice at a time.
