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ou may ask yourself, "Why won't my teen talk to me?" Are you frustrated with competing with the device in their hand? Are they closed off to you? Standoffish
Self-harm is a disturbing issue that affects teenagers around the world. It is an unhealthy coping mechanism that can lead to serious consequences if not addressed properly.
Those surface area emotions, joy, peace, happiness, and contentment have now become deep rooted emotions because I’ve made it to the other side. Instead of being fearful and stricken with worry, I can now rest in the peace (serenity) of accepting things I can’t change.
“I used to work 7 days a week, but now I’m so unfocused and unmotivated.” I sat up in my chair, my spine like a metal rod. The words came out of my client’s mouth, but I can’t say that I hadn’t thought something similar.
If you want to change that emotional mess you get caught up in and actually want to be able to process your emotions and other people's feelings, then working with your childhood emotional wound is the best place to start.
I feel like talking about being unhappy or feeling lost is dirty and not appropriate. I think everyone loses themselves sometimes, even multiples times and I think it is just a sign that there is a better updated version of you waiting.
We learn how to function in relationships and in society by modeling our parents. My parents never talked about emotions and it was not the most healthy relationship. It was a very old school, the man works and the wife stays at home and takes care of the kids.
As you progress throughout life and you have untreated or what we trauma therapists call “trapped trauma,” your mental health symptoms will continue to worsen.
The stress of summer starts to seep in during March and April when I'm trying to figure out what summer camps my kids will attend. I agonize over where we will go for vacation.
I saw this quote the other day on Insta, “I was always ashamed to take. So, I gave. It was not a virtue. It was a disguise.” Aninis Nin. I recognized myself and so many other women I know in those short sentences. It also struck me that that way of being in the world is a trauma response.
We blame social media for our teens and all the things that they do wrong. Look at how much we look to social media for an answer. I start conversations about the funny tik-tok or start my hair about by showing my hairdresser a pin from pinterest. Whether we like it or not, social media is a part of our lives, for better or for worse.
