You get to leave

You get to leave

This may sound obvious, but unless you are actually imprisoned (and I appreciate that is a very real situation for many right now) you get to leave a situation if it doesn’t feel safe, if it triggers you or makes you uncomfortable. Your experience is valid. That...
Self-sabotage

Self-sabotage

She realised that she couldn’t move forward whilst simultaneously rejecting or abandoning parts of herself.She couldn’t leave part of herself behind on the journey. It was a part of her. She could reject it, or banish it to a deep dark corner of her being,...
Why I have a therapist

Why I have a therapist

I’ve been working with my current therapist for the last eight years. For the first few years I saw her weekly, and now it’s every other week.Yes, like all humans, I’ve had stuff to work through and heal, but for the most part now I see my therapist...
What is it for?

What is it for?

She asked, ‘Why did this happen?!’ ‘What is this for?!!!’. Frustrated with what was happening, not understanding how it could possibly be for anything other than to make her life harder, and desperately wanting to find meaning so her brain...