“You need to learn how to select your thoughts just the same way you select your clothes every day. This is a power you can cultivate. If you want to control things in your life so bad, work on the mind. That’s the only thing you should be trying to control.” ― Elizabeth Gilbert
Mother Earth, emerging within the Hieroglyph of the Human Soul by Leigh J. McCloskey
Sanity is a beautiful blessing. You don’t know what you’ve got until it’s gone. And you’ll be ever so grateful when it is returned to you. Just make sure you stay alive. It’ll get better.
Everyone seems to be “using” humanity. We must affect change.
Someone with noble intent wouldn’t start a relationship by chit chatting about old wounds. (That’s called Trauma bonding). The shadow work, the healing hasn’t occurred, and will bring trouble in the connection.
Stages of Trauma Bonding
The seven stages of trauma bonding are: 1) Love bombing – the sudden, intense attempt to create a “we” in a relationship through high praise and excessive flattery 2) Trust & Dependency 3) Criticism 4) Manipulation & Gaslighting 5) Resignation & Giving up 6) Loss of Self 7) Addiction to the Cycle
Because the love-bombing first stage of trauma bonding is so intense, it quickly leads to the trust and dependency in the second stage. That foundation leads you to begin to agree with the abusive person in just about everything – including the abuser’s reasons for treating you badly. It’s like a type of brainwashing, where you don’t even realize that your beliefs about how you’re being treated are distorted.