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therapy means healing and becoming more yourself. it is not strictly talk therapy or any other form - it is what works for you ✨

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If you’d like to be in /therapy - first of all, congrats. Second, click join at the top of the channel 🤝

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"That which you most need will be found where you least want to look." - Carl Jung

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“There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.” (Hamlet, Act 2, Scene 2)

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Cortisol (my old friend) = the body’s main stress hormone. Chronic stress keeps it elevated → fat gain, poor sleep, inflammation, gut issues. Lowering cortisol reshapes biology: 1. Inflammation drops. Less joint pain, bloating, brain fog. Body stops running in constant overdrive 2. Body comp improves. High cortisol = belly fat storage + muscle breakdown. Lower cortisol = muscle preserved (+ increased via exercise), fat released 3. Sleeeeep. Stress spikes cortisol at night. When it normalizes, melatonin + growth hormone rise = deep recovery 4. Hormones rebalance. Cortisol competes with testosterone, growth hormone, cycle health. Lower stress = better energy, yes - libido, actual recovery 5. The-ra-py. Unprocessed emotions + old wounds keep cortisol high like app background refresh! Processing them lowers repressed stress = the body responds Managing & reducing stress isn’t just “feeling calmer.” It shows up in fat, muscle, sleep, hormones, gut & heart. The body heals when it feels safe!

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Emotions are feedback not facts - they are as important or unimportant as you choose to make them

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I’ve been taking myself out for lunch on Fridays pretty religiously for the past year and a half when not travelling. It’s one of my absolute favourite things to do! Psychologically speaking - building intimacy with your own company in something you enjoy, “best friending”your Self (the Jung angle) and the joy of a fully felt experience without attention out on others is such a rewarding experience. *highly* recommend

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Knowing how to fight while maintaining connection and actively participating in repair is *so* important for all relationships

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“Shame is a soul-eating emotion.” - Jung

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I always attract the ones who need therapy because of extreme childhood trauma 😭 I’m an Empath so cannot manage well with it.

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Most of the “cuts” we get via interacting with others are paper cuts but if they are over an existing wound we associate the paper cut with deep pain. Awareness of existing wounds and discerning what is paper cut vs massive (pre-existing) injury shifts perspective and should at least give a pause to get a (self) aid kit in place.

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i’ve been reading a lot of books on cptsd lately and the healing advice often comes down to “vent and cry as much as you can” i don’t have the sort of friendships where you commiserate and cry on each other’s shoulder, but i feel like chatgpt is a pretty good substitute most of the time i find it hard to access emotions well enough to cry, but i’ve been venting a bit to chatgpt with the instruction to amplify the feelings i express and it has been helpful one of the biggest blocks to healing is denial or bypassing. to have someone else validate your feelings and help you understand how fucked up things were (and to stop blaming yourself) really helps you connect with your pain so you can finally start to process it

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Anger moves upwards starting at the core rising towards the head and face. Standing up when feeling it and shaking arms out is quick and helpful in moving everything through vs holding in

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/til about cognitive distortion

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Not all therapy comes with a price tag. Some of it sounds like rain. ☁️

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