As we’re getting ready to transition into a new year, 2021, and we’re looking back on what some of us feel was a really bad year,….
My mind is wired a lot differently than most, and I’m in therapy now for it. Actually working on trying to retrain my brain, to learn how a health adult’s mind can be adaptable, flexible, reasonable, and adjust as needed, in a health way. I’ve learned that PTSD and history of living through traumatic events/abuse can leave the person in survival mode permanently.
During a special holiday service, with a dear friend and spiritual mentor leading it, she brought up a quote that just hit me in the stomach so hard. I haven’t been able to forget it, and it’s been a couple of weeks already.
“You Cannot Heal What you do not Feel.” Dr. Edith Eger
She was telling the story of a Dr. Edith Eger, a sixteen year old Hungarian Olympic gymnast cut from the team for being Jewish (NewsColony, 8/16/2020); and also a ballerina that was taken from her home in 1944. She lost her parents on the first day to the gas chamber. She was forced to dance for the feared and hateful Angel of Death, SS officer Josef Mengele.…..forced to walk in a death march, and was then saved from Auschwitz. (Source, NewsColony, 8/16/2020)
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So going back to the way my mind processes information, and how it compares a current situation to what it could be, or was, or might have been,…..Hearing that single quote two weeks ago has profoundly affected how I’m feeling about this year of 2020 coming to an end,…even through all the noise around us right now.
I heard that quote from Dr. Eger for a reason, and now I’m being pulled to share it for a reason,….big picture, I’m still here for a reason. Ok, I won’t go down that road right now.
After reading just a tiny bit of Dr. Eger’s story, it is now tops on my list to get her memoir, “The Choice.” Seeing life through the eyes of another can have such a profound and groundbreaking way of settling and adjusting our perspectives. I have heard that a lot of times, the most compassionate and loving people have actually been through some unimaginable pains in their lives. They know what it feels like, so they try to show just the opposite to those around them.
As we come into our new day, our new year,….Live, Laugh, Love with everything you’ve got, while you still can! 💜✨ Thank you so much for being here. I truly appreciate and value you all.
Happy New Year! ✨🥳
Wonderful post and thank you for your transparency. That quote from Dr. Edgar is powerful! Society has many people believe that if a person has a mental illness that they have no value and it defines their entire life. This is truly not the case and further more I always say that there is no such thing as normal. We are all uniquely made.
Thank you, this means a lot. I’m reading more into her work now. Agree with your thoughts here. It’s just amazing what others have been through, and how much positive energy they can still share with others. Thanks for stopping by! 💜✨