Collective trauma is the shared pain of communities living through harm together — war, oppression, disaster, or loss. Healing begins in connection, not isolation. Grief becomes lighter when it’s held in community. You don’t have to carry the world alone. We heal when we remember each other. 🌿

When your body is used to tension, calm can feel like something’s wrong. ☁️ You might find yourself waiting for a problem that isn’t there. That’s not self-sabotage — it’s your nervous system adjusting to quiet after years of adrenaline. ✨

#cptsd #nervoussystem #traumarecovery #selfregulation

🕊️ What does it mean to be a “last responder”?
In this deeply personal essay for The Marshall Project, Shamari Jackson shares how restoring the bodies of those lost to violence became a form of therapy and connection.
www.themarshallproject.org/2025/10/17/m...
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Grief is love with nowhere to go. It lingers in the body as ache, emptiness, or disbelief. Healing isn’t about letting go of the person or the past. It’s learning to carry love in a different shape. You don’t have to “move on.” You only have to keep moving with tenderness. 🕊️

#griefsupport #trauma

You contain all your versions — the protector, the avoider, the child who survived. 🦋 Healing isn’t about deleting them; it’s about letting them coexist without running the show. 🌿

#traumatherapy #innerchildhealing #selfacceptance #healingjourney #mentalhealth

💭 On last week’s IMO with Michelle Obama & Craig Robinson, psychoanalyst Dr. Orna Guralnik (Showtime’s Couples Therapy) joins the hosts to answer a listener’s question about boredom in marriage.
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Sometimes the trauma isn’t what happened — it’s what never did. Emotional neglect can make you feel like your needs are “too much.” Healing means learning to meet your own needs with compassion. 🫧

#traumainformed #healingjourney #innerchild #complextrauma #nervoussystemregulation

Healing doesn’t always look big or obvious. 💭 It’s often your body reacting differently to familiar stress — smaller spikes, fewer shutdowns, longer moments of calm. Those subtle shifts are your nervous system learning safety again. ✨

#traumainformed #nervoussystemregulation #selfawareness