Trauma
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My body is wonderful And so is yours Have you ever noticed? Said those words, to yourself? Thought of your body as wonderful? Just as it is? Its no more wonderful larger, smaller, fitter, leaner, younger or older Because it is wonderful, just as it is. Have you ever noticed? Or stopped to? Then do…
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Over the past 8 months, through Trauma Therapy, I’ve been getting in touch with my inner child. The remarkable thing was, I didnt even know I had one. A child. A child part of me What I began to realise was…I had spent my whole life parenting other peoples inner child.. But not my own…
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You must control your mind Harry, don’t let Voldemort find his way in to control you That was one of the main weapons that Voldemort used to control Harry. He got into his dreams, he got into his mind. He set up scenarios so that Harry would jump to the rescue to be the hero.…
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I was ok It’ll be ok Ive always survived Ill get through this Another thing to get through Im ok But I wasnt I was hiding I was pretending to say things were ok Whilst parts of me were screaming and wanting me to face them But ill keep running or saying things will be…
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‘Why are you reading those, they’re just children books’ I once said to my late friend Bex Lewis about 7 years ago, and then I sat with her and watched a scene of one of the films, one with dementors in, I think. Fast forward a few years and my daughter Anna proposed that we…
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Im not going to feel that now No, its not going to hurt me, I’m going to go rigid Switching off Numb I decided not to feel anything from a long time ago. It was the easiest thing at the time. It was more than that, it was a self protective thing, because of the…
James Ballantyne 