Healing Thought of the Week: An Authentic Self Exists Despite Our Experiences
Sunday, December 11th, 2011 • PTSD Healing Thought of the Week •
Looking back on my own trauma recovery history, one thing really stands out to me that I was surprised to learn. 
I entered recovery believing I had be radically altered and would never be able to be happy, whole or even sane, again. By the time I finished my recovery and the process of writing my trauma recovery memoir, however, I had learned something
I have come to believe that a pure, untraumatized, authentic self exists despite our experiences; it is the part that wishes to be whole and free. Within this self, I believe, exists each individuals enormous healing potential.
This is why I so utterly believe in you.
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Tags: Before the World Intruded: Conquering the Past and Creating the Future, ptsd, recovery, trauma
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Shared this on Facebook. For many years, I thought that part of me had died from the incest. That part of me – my inner child – I have rediscovered and learned to nurture through my reading and writing about incest.
Reading and writing sure are great tools aren’t they? Congratulations on your rediscovery and keep up the work that’s working for you.