We fear and avoid deep healing work because we imagine it to be too painful

Acknowledgment of trauma is the first step to long lasting positive change.

Many of us are running around trying to make our lives work.
We sign up for courses, follow different dietary plans, go to therapy, energy healing and follow the latest guru.
But what if I told you the root cause of most unwanted behaviours was something deeper that we hardly acknowledge?!

It took me about 40 years to acknowledge I had unhealed trauma. Part of my persona was of someone who was strong, independent and didn’t need much help from anyone. I had all figured out.

I wouldn’t open up, as opening up was too vulnerable. It meant I was risking getting hurt again. I didn’t want to look at any past traumas.

In my mind acknowledging traumas = weakness.

Additionally, I was worried I would fall apart so badly that it would be impossible to pick up the pieces.

The above is only a small example of “parts” that lived within myself. Parts that I had created in order to protect myself from getting hurt, parts that kept me in a functional state of freeze. There were many other parts. We all have these “parts” within ourselves to different degrees.
They are “fragments” within the psyche that keeps us in self protective mode, surviving, but not truly living.

We fear and avoid “going there” because we imagine it to be too painful. But “going there”, gradually, with the right tools to support integration in the body is not as scary as it seems.

Admitting to yourself that you have deep unhealed trauma doesn’t mean you are a victim. It just means you feel ready to heal.

⭐️You cannot heal what you cannot acknowledge.🌟

You can only become free from unhelpful patterns if you dare to be honest with yourself, being willing to drop all the masks.

Does taking the first step to the deep inner work scares you? What is one small step you can take today towards the beginning of your healing?