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A meme I saw on the Inspirational Skeletor account:
Synchronicity, because I’ve been thinking along these lines.
More specifically, I’ve been thinking about how generational trauma, narc abuse, emotional suppression, religious repression, and shame work together to create fear and cowardice.
Beat someone down enough (whether physically or emotionally) and they lose their courage… and often, they lose the will to live. Repeat and pass down abusive behaviors over the generations and you’ll wind up with a populace of emotional zombies.
Into that psychological void rush in addictions, which move the empty husk where the person used to be through their obligations. They’re doing what’s expected of them, but they’re not living. They don’t have the motivation to take care of themselves and therefore won’t help others.
Abusers like turning humans into empty shells and automatons. Easier to divide and conquer, program, exploit, then throw away.
That’s the situation. Always has been, really.
So how then, do we find our courage and the will to live fully?
The first step is to honor the struggle whether it’s yours or someone else’s with compassion and respect.
Healing from trauma and finding purpose takes time, access, support, and useful knowledge. A work in progress. Everyone is on a different schedule and with enough of that time and support, they will arrive at the place they need to be.
When they arrive at the place they need to be, they will be strong enough to help others, too.
We have experienced several inflection points. My hope is that finally, finally, we find our courage and understand "We must all hang together, or assuredly we shall all hang separately" (attributed to Benjamin Franklin).
Synchronicity, because I’ve been thinking along these lines.
More specifically, I’ve been thinking about how generational trauma, narc abuse, emotional suppression, religious repression, and shame work together to create fear and cowardice.
Beat someone down enough (whether physically or emotionally) and they lose their courage… and often, they lose the will to live. Repeat and pass down abusive behaviors over the generations and you’ll wind up with a populace of emotional zombies.
Into that psychological void rush in addictions, which move the empty husk where the person used to be through their obligations. They’re doing what’s expected of them, but they’re not living. They don’t have the motivation to take care of themselves and therefore won’t help others.
Abusers like turning humans into empty shells and automatons. Easier to divide and conquer, program, exploit, then throw away.
That’s the situation. Always has been, really.
So how then, do we find our courage and the will to live fully?
The first step is to honor the struggle whether it’s yours or someone else’s with compassion and respect.
Healing from trauma and finding purpose takes time, access, support, and useful knowledge. A work in progress. Everyone is on a different schedule and with enough of that time and support, they will arrive at the place they need to be.
When they arrive at the place they need to be, they will be strong enough to help others, too.
We have experienced several inflection points. My hope is that finally, finally, we find our courage and understand "We must all hang together, or assuredly we shall all hang separately" (attributed to Benjamin Franklin).
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