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Neglected Damaged Graced (Emmauel S. John) @emmanueljohn.bsky.social · 4d

Having people around that instill doubt will make motivating ourselves more difficult. Having motivators? A blessing!
FIND SOME!!!
#doubt #motivational #blessings #makegrace #bethechange

Neglected Damaged Graced (Emmauel S. John) @emmanueljohn.bsky.social · 5d

The most common factors limiting our ability to do this are; bitterness, resentment and our longing for a type of justice that rarely manifests. #healing #healing #neglected #neglect #traumahealing #abusehealing

Neglected Damaged Graced (Emmauel S. John) @emmanueljohn.bsky.social · 8d

Perhaps the most exaggerated, overused and misused term in modern society is the word Narcissist. Everyone that does us wrong or hurts is not one.
#narcissist #narcissistsurvivor #narcissisticabuseawareness #narcissisticabuserecovery #narcissisticpersonalitydisorder #neglected

Neglected Damaged Graced (Emmauel S. John) @emmanueljohn.bsky.social · 9d

One day I just realized that I wanted to be FREE! That I was tired of letting people live rent free in my head. So I let it all go!!!And guess what? I started feeling different, GOOD DIFFERENT!!!
#traumarecovery #traumahealing #abuserecovery #abused #emotionalintelligence #emotionalhealing

Neglected Damaged Graced (Emmauel S. John) @emmanueljohn.bsky.social · 17d

Sad but true!! I'm sorry you had to go through that, but you did just that, you got through it!!! That's because you are stronger than most people can ever imagine having to be.
#livestrong #perserverance #survivor #therestiseasy
#neglect
#neglected
#neglecteddamagedgraced
#healingjourney

Neglected Damaged Graced (Emmauel S. John) @emmanueljohn.bsky.social · 23d

Healing and growth has more aspects than we think. Our anger and unhappiness do to!
#abuserecovery #neglect #addiction #traumarecovery #abuserecovery #neglected #emotionalintelligence

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Neglected Damaged Graced (Emmauel S. John) @emmanueljohn.bsky.social · 23d

Great advice but most people never see it happening.
#livewell #traumarecoverycovery #abuserecovery #neglect

Neglected Damaged Graced (Emmauel S. John) @emmanueljohn.bsky.social · Sep 20

Sometimes this is as simple as speaking the truth or just saying no. Other times is as hard ending relationships and careers.
#TrueSelf #truth #boundaries #healing #healingjourney #traumarecovery #abuserecovery #neglected #abandoned
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Sometimes this is as simple as speaking the truth or just saying no. Other times is as hard ending relationships and careers. Our past, our desire to be generous and even our desire to love has often forced us to remain with people and in places that were in conflict with our true selves. THAT ENDS NOW!!!!
#TrueSelf #truth #boundaries #healing #healingjourney #traumarecovery #abuserecovery #neglected #abandoned
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Neglected Damaged Graced (Emmauel S. John) @emmanueljohn.bsky.social · Sep 19

I really wish that this worked; I just haven’t seen it happen. Our best bet is to let go of the possibility that they’ll ever show up to meet our needs. #emotionalintelligence #emotionalhealing
#neglecteddamagedgraced

Neglected Damaged Graced (Emmauel S. John) @emmanueljohn.bsky.social · Sep 15

I wish you had been treated better; I wish we all had. I could talk about this subject for hours; I think I do in the book. That's the neglect part. I spent 3 years writing it, not to make money but to help people. #neglect #neglected #abusesurvivor #traumasurvivor #healingjourney #bettertogether

Neglected Damaged Graced (Emmauel S. John) @emmanueljohn.bsky.social · Sep 14

We are not the same,,,,
and
That's how we are different!
#emotionalhealing #EmotionalIntelligence #WeAreNotTheSame #wearedifferent #healthylifestyle #healingjourney #forgiveness

Neglected Damaged Graced (Emmauel S. John) @emmanueljohn.bsky.social · Sep 7

We know what happens to hearts in the physical world if our stress becomes calcified. We get heart disease. When the rigidity becomes too much, we die. #taoteching
#lettinggo #forgiveness #emotionaldamage #emotionalintelligence #EmotionalHealing #traumahealing #healing #abuserecovery

Neglected Damaged Graced (Emmauel S. John) @emmanueljohn.bsky.social · Sep 5

When emotional scars surface, it hurts. When the pain leaks out, everyone feels it. The therapeutic communities can help but they obviously can't stop it. THAT'S UP TO US. #publicsafety #emotionaldamage #trauma #AbusePrevention #abusesurvivor

Neglected Damaged Graced (Emmauel S. John) @emmanueljohn.bsky.social · Sep 4

Please share!
You can start today by writing yourself a message and placing it on your bathroom mirror. I AM BETTER THAN HOW I FEEL. or I AM EVOLVING INTO MY REAL SELF. or I AM WORTHY AND I DESERVE GOOD THINGS.
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#neglecteddamagedgraced #positiveaffirmations #realyou

Neglected Damaged Graced (Emmauel S. John) @emmanueljohn.bsky.social · Sep 1

Every time we acknowledge our own growth we allow ourselves to believe in the hope of change. Every time we do it, we heal a little bit more.
Namaste!
#traumahealing #abuserecovery #neglected #healingjourney #better #bethechange

Neglected Damaged Graced (Emmauel S. John) @emmanueljohn.bsky.social · Aug 31

Inspired by the video I posted earlier. It's amazing how real that fake love felt. I don't think that it could have happened without the emotional stains from what I survived.
#neglected #abusesurvivor #traumasurvivor #healingjourney

Neglected Damaged Graced (Emmauel S. John) @emmanueljohn.bsky.social · Aug 30

This usually requires a level of insight we don’t naturally have. It requires some form of intervention, be it spiritual or clinical. It requires us to go back into the past and redefine our experiences with adult insight and maturity.
#abuserecovery
#TraumaRecovery
#neglect
#therealyou

Neglected Damaged Graced (Emmauel S. John) @emmanueljohn.bsky.social · Aug 29

This means you too!!!
You can heal, the hardest thing sometimes is believing it!
#traumahealing #abusehealing #neglected

Neglected Damaged Graced (Emmauel S. John) @emmanueljohn.bsky.social · Aug 26

It's OK to try to be closer to people. You already survived the hard losses.
#loneliness #fear #betterlife

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Neglected Damaged Graced (Emmauel S. John) @emmanueljohn.bsky.social · Aug 23

I wish I would have...............
Tell them, show them, hear them,,,,,,
But don't subject yourself to people who can't reciprocate love and compassion.
#BeforeItsTooLate #timeflies #iwishiwouldhave #love #Regret

Neglected Damaged Graced (Emmauel S. John) @emmanueljohn.bsky.social · Aug 22

Our wounds are not our identity. They are merely proof we survived.
#traumasurvivor #AbuseSurvivor #neglected #emotionalintelligence #emotional
#neglecteddamagedgraced

Neglected Damaged Graced (Emmauel S. John) @emmanueljohn.bsky.social · Aug 21

I'm still improving my ability to see these signs and make these changes when they're still nudges. It's often a risk but fighting for what's not right is much more exhausting than going with the flow.
#Change #letitgo #Moveon
#humility
#rightplacerighttime
#neglecteddamagedgraced

Neglected Damaged Graced (Emmauel S. John) @emmanueljohn.bsky.social · Aug 10

(I have a big physical book sale coming soon. Stay tuned!!!)
The need to be needed is most likely due to abandonment, neglect, or family dysfunction issues related to our childhood.
#healthyrelationships #codependency #balance #emotionalintelligence #emotionalhealing

Neglected Damaged Graced (Emmauel S. John) @emmanueljohn.bsky.social · Aug 10

Our true value comes from how we measure ourselves. Reflection of ourselves in how others live their lives is an illusion as we never really know what really goes on behind the scenes. Sometimes happy people look sad and sometimes sad people look great.
#happiness #happinessisachoice
#contentment

Neglected Damaged Graced (Emmauel S. John) @emmanueljohn.bsky.social · Aug 8

I wish I could get more people to understand this. There would be so much less suffering if we knew a lot of our suffering was optional, or by choice.
Sometimes the hardest part of this is seeing outside of our current box.
#yougothis
#letsgo
#peaceofmind
#YouDeserveBetter
#NoRiskNoReward