Though my trauma wasn't my fault, I must heal from it.
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My Bad Thing hurt, but I pretended it didn't. It happened to me.
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Whatever. Can I do anything now? This was my reaction to the rupture, body deconstruction, and detachment.
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I suppressed emotion. I ignored the hurt and disgrace.
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I walked around it like my mind was a minefield for safety.
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Trauma denial shields against emotional anguish. Sometimes healing comes afterward.”
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Not feeling my hurt's ugly truth made it dormant in my body.
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This damage was banished to my psyche and gently ingrained.
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