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Inspiration Corner (March 2018)

March 20, 2018 by Schawn Austin 2 Comments

Over-Apologizing, can be a symptom of past trauma

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Inspiration Corner Early Feb 2018

February 16, 2018 by Schawn Austin Leave a Comment

When we have experiences that are overwhelming and traumatic we can push the feelings down, deep into our darkest corners. This can help us get through the nearly impossible. But here's the problem: We can't turn off the bad feelings without also turning off the good ones. It's like there is only one switch for feelings and we loose out on the joy, satisfaction, wonder, pleasure and all the rest of those wonderful good emotions when we turn off pain, hurt, shame, and all of those painful awful feelings. Running around in life all numbed out may hurt a whole lot less, but it's also really bland. Without the joy and wonder of the positive feelings it can be hard to really love life. Here's the good thing: There are more than two options! Numb or hurting deeply are NOT the only two options! It is possible to heal the hurt, even really HUGE PAINFUL hurts and feel the full spectrum of emotions again!

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Inspiration Corner January

January 24, 2018 by Schawn Austin Leave a Comment

A fawn is very cute. But fawn is also the name of one of our four primary danger responses. Most people know about Fight and Flight. Many people have heard of Freeze, but very few have heard of Fawn. This is because it's existence was only suggested recently. The Fawn danger response is when someone attempts to avoid danger by being nice... to the extreme! This is when a person will expend a great deal of effort to keep the situation/individual from becoming dangerous. Then if it becomes dangerous, they will go to great lengths to diffuse the situation. They may take responsibility or blame for something that's not their fault or ignore their own needs or desires in order to make the dangerous situation safe. Adults who experienced intense danger when they were young may be more inclined to use the Fawn response to danger. Their best defense, as a powerless child, was to keep everyone happy.

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Inspiration Corner December

December 24, 2017 by Schawn Austin Leave a Comment

When a person grows up in difficult, awful, or horrendous conditions they do what must be done to get through. Later, when looking (through adult eyes) back at those childhood choices it is easy to judge them harshly. People often forget that it was not their adult selves who made those choices but a young child who was doing their best. Sometimes it is helpful to notice how childish a child's thinking truly is and gain perspective on their ability to make adult choices. Forgiveness of one's self is an important part of healing one's past.

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Inspiration Corner November

November 24, 2017 by Schawn Austin Leave a Comment

People who have survived childhood trauma can grow up believing that they are less. Less worthy, less valuable, less capable, less lovable... But that is simply not true. What happens to someone does not determine their worth. As a child, the person thinks that there must be something wrong with them for this to happen. That is the flawed thinking of a child. Here's an easy way to check if a persons belief about their worth is a flawed trauma induced belief: Have them think of a child that they know now (similar age as when the trauma happened to them). Ask them is there anything that child could do to deserve or earn that awful thing that happened? If the answer is "No, of course not, but... (insert any reason that they are an exception to this answer). This indicates that this is an unhealthy mistaken belief that needs to be healed.

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