"In resisting trauma and in defending ourselves from feeling its full impact, we deprive ourselves of its truth. As a therapist, I can testify to how difficult it can be to acknowledge one’s distress and to admit one’s vulnerability. My mother’s knee-jerk reaction, “Shouldn’t I be over this by now?” is very common. There is a rush to normal in many of us that closes us off, not only to the depth of our own suffering but also, as a consequence, to the suffering of others." This is why we need to build more compassion and slack into every single human system. nytimes/2013/08/04/opinion/sunday/the-trauma-of-being-alive.html?smid=fb-share&_r=0
Posted on: Mon, 05 Aug 2013 02:38:58 +0000