One of the hardest things to untangle in healing is the almost truth. I do not mean an obvious lie. Obvious lies are usually easier to recognize once we have enough truth and safety around us. The almost truth is harder because it carries just enough reality to feel believable. It has enough evidence attached … Continue reading The Almost Truth: When Trauma Fills in the Blanks
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Integration Didn’t Make Me Instantly Functional
A lot of professionals talk about integration as though it is a clinical endpoint or finish line survivors are supposed to strive toward until we finally arrive at healing. I have seen multiple therapists in my lifetime, and in one way or another, they all seemed to build a treatment plan that led toward this … Continue reading Integration Didn’t Make Me Instantly Functional
Was The Matrix Trying to Tell Us Something? Awakening, Deception, and the Search for Truth
What if the reason The Matrix felt so unsettling when you first watched it is because it touches on a question every human being eventually asks: What if the reality I see isn’t the whole story? For many people, the film is simply an iconic science-fiction movie. But for me, under the action scenes and … Continue reading Was The Matrix Trying to Tell Us Something? Awakening, Deception, and the Search for Truth