Thoughts Feelings

Read “How the Body Keeps Score PDF” By Bessel van der Kolk M.D.  This is also a good one to read  The Science of How Our Minds and Our Bodies Converge in the Healing of Trauma where Maria Popova quotes  Dr. Van De Kolk.  Being tightly wrapped up for self-preservation sums it up.

“The more people try to push away and ignore internal warning signs, the more likely they are to take over and leave them bewildered, confused, and ashamed. People who cannot comfortably notice what is going on inside become vulnerable to respond to any sensory shift either by shutting down or by going into a panic — they develop a fear of fear itself.”   By Dr. Van De Kolk

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1,400 MST Victims were asked to give one word that describes how they feel.

These are in alphabetical order.

• Abandon
• Afraid
• Alert
• Alone
• Anger
• Angry
• Anxiety
• Betrayal
• Betrayed
• Broken
• Calculated
• Changed
• Chaos
• Confusion
• Damaged
• Dead
• Defeated
• Denial
• Depression
• Destroyed
• Dirty
• Disbelief
• Disorientation
• Disrespected
• Distrusting
• Dreaming
• Drowning
• Emotional shock
• Exhausted
• Fear
• Flashbacks
• Guilt
• Heartless
• Helpless
• Iceberg
• Invisible
• Isolated
• Lifeless
• Loneliness
• Lost
• No Reality
• Numb
• Overwhelmed
• Physical stress
• Pissed
• Powerless
• Powerlessness
• Repulsed
• Responsibility
• Sad
• Sadness
• Scared
• Sense of vulnerability
• Shame
• Stuck
• Survived
• Suspicious
• Tarnished
• Terrified
• Tired
• Trapped
• Unimportant
• Unlovable
• Unloved
• Untrustworthy
• Unworthy
• Useless
• Violated
• Weak
• Weakness
• Wicked

IS THIS HOW YOU FEEL? CONTACT A MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONAL