tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8557084346768128841.post1683767892452964080..comments2023-05-25T08:51:36.759-07:00Comments on Heal and Forgive: TriggersAbuseAndForgivenesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09738069361076986611noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8557084346768128841.post-20146581170798727722008-08-14T12:46:00.000-07:002008-08-14T12:46:00.000-07:00Tamara, I’m so glad that you are feeling stronger ...Tamara, <BR/><BR/>I’m so glad that you are feeling stronger and have had time to deal with some of your feelings. I’ve been following you on many other blogs and your energy and enthusiasm for healing is inspiring! I can’t believe how far you have come in such a short period of time. Good stuff! <BR/><BR/>I hope you are not too disheartened if and when you find yourself triggered again. Sometimes, I went long periods feeling peaceful when out of nowhere something buried me. I became so discouraged, because it felt like a giant step backwards. <BR/><BR/>It took me a while to realize that each time I became re-gripped with pain, it wasn’t that I wasn’t making any progress; on the contrary; I was healing at a deeper level. Each level was dependent on my prior healing steps and an unconscious rest in between to refuel for the next step. Although each “round” was tough, I did take heart that I was going deeper and coming closer to the light at the end of the tunnel. <BR/><BR/>Warmly, <BR/>NancyAbuseAndForgivenesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09738069361076986611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8557084346768128841.post-25944131795121000402008-08-14T11:47:00.000-07:002008-08-14T11:47:00.000-07:00Thank you for the post that there is hope. I have...Thank you for the post that there is hope. I have been feeling quite strong the last week or so and have managed to truly deal with so many of the feelings about the abuse. I haven't been triggered lately either. There is still a fear that it is going to get me when I least expect it!Tamara (TC) Stapleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00633350990983632539noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8557084346768128841.post-18152690640069933742008-08-14T06:49:00.000-07:002008-08-14T06:49:00.000-07:00Music is very powerful and was undoubtedly a poten...Music is very powerful and was undoubtedly a potent trigger.<BR/><BR/>It takes a great deal of hard work to place the "horrible phases" of our life in the rear view mirror. <BR/><BR/>Thank you for sharing your hopeful progress!AbuseAndForgivenesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09738069361076986611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8557084346768128841.post-864141467946265102008-08-14T06:01:00.000-07:002008-08-14T06:01:00.000-07:00It's a particular music album for me, the recordin...It's a particular music album for me, the recording my abusive mother played, obsessively, for years. She created an entire world-view around this album, a fictitious old-fashioned family structure which formed the justification for her abuse.<BR/><BR/>Fortunately that music is obscure today and I rarely hear it. When I do, it doesn't trigger angst anymore, but does trigger a stark realization of how utterly dysfunctional my family was, and far I've moved beyond that horrible phase of my life.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com