“Your trauma is valid.
Even if other people have experienced “worse”.
Even if someone else who went through the same experience doesn’t feel debilitated by it.
Even if it “could have been avoided”.
Even if it happened a long time ago.
Even if no one knows.
Your trauma is real and valid and you deserve a space to talk about it.
It isn’t desperate or pathetic or attention-seeking.
It’s self-care.
It’s inconceivably brave.
And regardless of the magnitude of your struggle, you’re allowed to take care of yourself by processing and unloading some of the pain you carry.
Your pain matters.
Your experience matters.
And your healing matters.”
— Daniell Koepke
Please believe it. Take these words to heart.
Thank you for this! ❤
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Absolutely 🙂🦾
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Reblogged this on Survivors Blog Here Mental Health Collaborative .
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soooo important! can you take my morning client load …lol.. maybe if you tell them they will believe it.. this is one I hear often from mine. ❤️
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Hahaha …. I’m sure you do a first class job of conveying these truths to your clients!!! Blessings on your week, Cindy!
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Thanks for the vote of confidence. I try thanks! And You the same! ❤️
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Thank you for this post. Someone had to sit me down an explicitly say this to me. over and over and over again. I still struggle with this. But I have one person in my life that has been able to listen and help me give my trauma and experience a voice. This person changed my life.
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For many of us, those can be difficult words to truly take to heart. I’m not surprised you still struggle in this area; many of us do. What a beautiful friend to have … You are truly blessed. She/ he sounds like they genuinely care for you 🙂
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So valid.. we need to hear this over and over until it sinks in..
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This quote bears an honest look at trauma. Any type of trauma IS trauma.
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Yes. So true. Thanks for reading and sharing your thoughts. Blessings on your week.
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Oh, thank you for posting this! And I so agree with every word! There are so many who need to read this and to know that it’s okay to not be okay, that their pain is valid, and to get it off their chest! ❤
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