trauma
At its core, trauma can be thought of as the psychological wounds that persist, even when the physical ones are long gone.
DEAD FLOWERS
Olivia hummed to herself as she picked up the roses to give them a fresh cut before putting them back in the bucket. She found the work tedious, but therapeutic. The flower shop was quiet and customers had stopped coming in an hour ago. This gave her time to do her closing tasks. She had a lot to do being the only closer that night, but she didn’t mind. Olivia loved her work. Olivia picked up the bucket and walked towards the walk-in cooler to put it away. As she grabbed for the door handle, she suddenly saw a shadow in the corner of her eye. For a split second, she thought it couldn’t be a person, because the front door rings when a customer opens it and she didn’t hear anything. Olivia turned around and was startled to see Jose, the delivery driver, standing there. She jumped back letting out a scream.
By Kyla Jane Barker5 years ago in Psyche
Can You Save Your Children From Trauma?
“ I did not because I knew not”. This quote should be something our guardians say to us while growing up in the early 70’s and mid 90’s. They didn’t know they suffered and operated then raised us in their traumas. Is it truly a thing to save our kids in this generation from their trauma? We are at a critical point in time that we are recognizing and healing ourselves from our traumas and this healing is opening up the doors to seeing the trauma that we could potentially cause to our children.
By LATANYA N CHATFIELD5 years ago in Psyche
It Was A Long Time Coming: Mental Breakdown, Hospitalization and Road to Recovery, Part 1
PART 1 TW: suicide and suicide ideation, police mention, hospital mention, abuse mention, generally upsetting themes. In April 2017, I had a mental breakdown, and attempted suicide for the third time since December 2016.
By Lee Johnston 5 years ago in Psyche
Once Lost & Now Reborn
How is it possible that you can go ahead in your life and not care about your first child. If things were different would you have changed anything? Would you have cared just a little about me if anything happened in my life. Did you think your life would’ve been any different if you didn't have me. Did you even want me in your life? Did you even think I wasn't meant to be in this world? Did you love me? As many times as you’ll tell me you love me, but it’s hard to believe. You were never there when the biggest struggle in my life happened, where I never got support for. As a child you never asked me how I felt or what was crossing my mind. I was just a kid. Did you ever see me scared? Did you ever tell me “sweetie its ok let's get out of here”. Did you ever realize my hurt? Why did you ever think that I never needed you. Did you ever think that I wasn't ever important to you. I'm just a child, I never got an addiction to anything. The only addiction or obsession I wanted was a mother’s love.
By Ezra Colton 5 years ago in Psyche
Once Lost & Now Reborn
How is it possible that you can go ahead in your life and not care about your first child. If things were different would you have changed anything? Would you have cared just a little about me if anything happened in my life. Did you think your life would’ve been any different if you didn't have me. Did you even want me in your life? Did you even think I wasn't meant to be in this world? Did you love me? As many times as you’ll tell me you love me, but it’s hard to believe. You were never there when the biggest struggle in my life happened, where I never got support for. As a child you never asked me how I felt or what was crossing my mind. I was just a kid. Did you ever see me scared? Did you ever tell me “sweetie its ok let's get out of here”. Did you ever realize my hurt? Why did you ever think that I never needed you. Did you ever think that I wasn't ever important to you. I'm just a child, I never got an addiction to anything.
By Ezra Colton 5 years ago in Psyche
