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happysobercrafter is AKA Landon Clary Eason
 
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Default Mar 28, 2019 at 09:16 AM
 
Nope!

My recovery began in the early 1990s. Over the years, many therapists I went to would encourage me or flat out tell me to do something I was not comfortable doing because it made me too anxious, sometimes not understanding why. Now I know a lot of that is because of my Complex PTSD diagnosed in 2017.

Over time, I realized as my self-esteem healed and came back to life that my foundation of self-loathing, self-hatred and self-destruction my family waterlogged me in had to heal before I could do anything I avoided. There are still lots of things I will avoid, but I am slowly making my way through how to manage those.

As my self-esteem healed by facing and validating my wounded emotions, I saw the difference in my feelings when I avoided something before because I had unresolved pain connected to that emotion. I had to resolve that before I could consider doing anything I avoided in the past. And that is the coolest thing to experience because I see firsthand how much better I am doing. That brings me much joy and contentment!

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Last edited by happysobercrafter; Mar 28, 2019 at 10:20 AM..
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