Here’s the Chest X-Ray of a young girl suffering from a condition that is now the #1 cause of death in children and adolescents in the U.S.
What’s the diagnosis?
Nicola Bulley family statement:
"We tried last night to take in what we had been told in the day, only to have Sky News and ITV making contact with us directly, when we had expressly asked for privacy..."
Dissociation is an adaptive survival response to: chronic stress, overwhelm, or trauma.
It allows us to keep going and functioning as the brain goes into survival mode.
I’ve worked with many people who claim they’re fine but are actually in a functional freeze response. They tend to be high achievers and workaholics who perform well and feel numb inside. Almost as if they’re watching themselves live life, not experiencing it
3. Humor: many people raised in survival mode have developed humor as a coping mechanism that allows them to bring joy to other people as well as themselves, at times.
1/12 This report was written by a train driver following an incident on his train. It is a detailed summation of what happened when one of his passengers was taken ill on board…
A man wanting to jump off a bridge in London was talked down by strangers who held him for an hour until help arrived. Look at that grip. Look at the care, compassion, selflessness, and determination shown by strangers to a hurting human being. We need more of this in the world.
Normalize saying: “I changed my mind.” Your choices aren’t lifelong contracts. It’s ok to regroup, better understand your needs, & make a new decision based on deeper understanding.