Sometimes, hearing another person's change story is one of the most effective ways of jump-starting our own.
Because of this…
…any time our attention is not on our selves (little ‘s’ there 📦) and the issues it is generating, this creates a space for common sense, wisdom and perspective to sneak in under the radar, and start the healing.
It's why I tell stories and share metaphors. Because we're always trying to bypass the mind. #ThinkLessLiveMore
(🤫 Shhhhh, don't tell it, ok?!?!)
Anyway I was listening to an audiobook by George Pranksy. The Secret to Mental Health, it's called. It's a great little mish-mash of mental health-focused Syd stories, 3 Principles theory, metaphors and case histories.
It was one of the latter that really blew me away, because it put into words something I've seen with my own clients, time and again.
Healing from trauma
‘Jennifer’ had suffered an extremely traumatic event—a sexual assault—and was really struggling with flashbacks, anxiety, and insomnia. Despite two years of standard counselling, there was no improvement.