“The privilege of a lifetime is being who you are” (Joseph Campbell).
Embarking on a new journey can perpetuate the great “what if…” ruminating question. Many answers that first consciously surface are answers that come from other people. Possibly the voice of a critical parent, a bully from 1st grade, the voice of trauma, or the influence of society and culture.
SET THE SHAME DOWN.
PICK UP COMPASSION.
What if you are in fact becoming more you? What if the journey is there to be a teacher? What if you thrive? What if everything ends up wonderful? …Simple shifts can lead to monumental change. You deserve compassion. Heck everyone does, in my mind it’s a basic human right.
Shame vs. Compassion
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BS, MA Passionate about executive functioning disorder treatment and healing, particularly for individuals suffering from overlapping symptoms of trauma and ADHD. I am dedicating my life and career toward expanding the cultural and clinical understanding of individuals labelled (by the DSM) as having both PSTD and ADHD. My provisional telos is to find best practices for healing, contingent upon progressive states (of the individual and in the field of psychology) that emerge.