20/06/2022
Moving from surviving to thriving. Â
A survivor personality type within a trauma context is someone that has the belief that the world is an unsafe place and they are unable to rely/trust anyone. Surviving means that as a child you learnt that the only person that was ever going to be able to meet your needs, is yourself. As an adult you became fiercely independent, self sufficient and emotionally detached/ numb (because this is what kept you safe). Whilst in survival mode, your body is in a constant fight, flight, freeze mode and therefore it can be difficult to rationalise and change situations, thoughts, feelings and behaviours when our body feels it's under attack.
The âworkâ done in this space is to have awareness, change our beliefs, reparenting the inner child, trusting yourself and your judgements and breaking unhealthy patterns and relationships that retraumatize us. Sounds easy huh? đ It all begins now with you.
Making the decision to choose you and committing to your healing journey is the first step to recovery. Saying no to the things that no longer serve you, the people and places that trigger old wounds and to make the decision that you no longer just want to survive in life, you want to really thrive at it. đ