In our book, we quote Dr. Mate and I believe he has some new and important strategies and research to share about all kinds of trauma including living with mental illness or addiction or depression or living with people with these traumas. https://mailchi.mp/drgabormate/qzijz9kgvu-1256494?e=0cbab5e4e0
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1 thought on “Healing Trauma with Self Compassion Workshop”
As a person who has experienced trauma by traumatized people (parents from the Depression and dysfunctional families), I found myself focusing on them, the pain they caused, and the many people they had effected (not just myself). I felt as if I was always looking backwards, behind myself, not looking forward. It was as if there was only the past with little thought toward a future that I wasn’t even sure I’d ever get to see or experience.
Then one day, at the age of 45, I sat bolt upright in bed and realized my Spirit was telling me that the only way I would ever heal was to learn self-compassion. I realized the salient point was that I had no compassion for myself because I blamed myself for being in the traumatizing people’s care/sphere of influence/home…and blamed myself for being there (as if small children have a choice on which family they will live with).
As an intellectual, I got a book on self-compassion and discovered that by understanding others I could understand myself. I could stop looking at who to blame (whether them or myself), what would it take for me to heal (this answer is different for each of us), and why did I have such strong compassion for others (an emotional response that can’t be conjured or faked) yet not for myself, and did I truly want to get out of this rut I’d been in for so long by working to heal myself (develop self-compassion).
The greatest Gift I gave myself was to do the work that led to self-compassion. Self-compassion is a Gift that keeps on giving…for myself and others. The work required was well worth it. I recommend everyone (not just the traumatized) make the effort toward their own spiritual development/self-compassion that will lead them to Inner Peace.
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