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Hex Yeah @HexagonSystem

3 years ago

I'll be on Instagram at thehexagonsystem Come find us

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Hex Yeah @HexagonSystem

3 years ago

I don't like this, but it looks like I'll be deleting this account before this app becomes a security issue

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Dr. Glenn Patrick Doyle @DrDoyleSays

3 years ago

You bet, dissociation can feel MUCH safer than being present with certain triggers, feelings, & memories. It EXISTS as a psychological safety strategy. Thing is: dissociation doesn't just delete or avoid those things-- it stashes them somewhere. And they don't STAY stashed.

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Dr. Glenn Patrick Doyle @DrDoyleSays

3 years ago

Trauma tries to hijack our brain & hack our memories & fool our body. It drags us away from who we really are & what our life is really about. Recovery is about remembering WHO WE ARE-- or, sometimes, recreating ourselves from scratch, w/ beliefs & behaviors & values WE choose.

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Dr. Glenn Patrick Doyle @DrDoyleSays

3 years ago

Post traumatic avoidance doesn't contain itself to things that directly remind us of trauma. When we have PTSD, our nervous system has been reprogrammed to manage almost EVERY situation as if it's life threatening-- leaving precious little bandwidth for, you know, living life.

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Dr. Glenn Patrick Doyle @DrDoyleSays

3 years ago

It's not "betraying" your family to refuse to carry old, toxic secrets anymore. They were actually betraying you by asking you to carry that weight that you never asked for. You don't do that to a kid you're supposed to protect & nurture.

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Dr. Glenn Patrick Doyle @DrDoyleSays

3 years ago

Why SHOULD we trust anyone when the ppl who were SUPPOSED to see us, protect us, be on our side, dropped the ball? We don't "have" to trust ANYONE we don't feel ready to-- & even then, we don't "have" to trust them more than we're able to right now. Easy. Give it time.

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Dr. Glenn Patrick Doyle @DrDoyleSays

3 years ago

Putting words to what we've experienced isn't as easy as it sounds if we were raised in a family where keeping secrets and saving face were the top priorities. Telling our story may feel dangerous if we were conditioned to keep quiet-- or else. Give yourself time.

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Dr. Glenn Patrick Doyle @DrDoyleSays

3 years ago

Some people find classical music soothing-- others find death metal soothing. Some people meditate in silence, others are badly triggered by silence. Maybe what makes YOU feel safe & focused isn't "normal." So? Your recovery tools have to work for YOU-- or they don't work.

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Dr. Glenn Patrick Doyle @DrDoyleSays

3 years ago

You don't have to forgive someone-- even if they really, really want you to. Even if they make you feel like a bad person for NOT forgiving them. Even if they say the words "I'm sorry." Forgive-- or not-- on your timetable, for your reasons.

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Dr. Glenn Patrick Doyle @DrDoyleSays

3 years ago

Oh, you'll have days when you're "not living up to your potential." And? EVERY single day you survive & get a little better, cope a little better, function a little better, get .01% clearer on your needs & goals & strengths-- THAT'S you hitting it out of the park. For real.

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Dr. Glenn Patrick Doyle @DrDoyleSays

3 years ago

Do such a small part of the thing you're putting off that it feels ridiculous. Do such a small chunk of the first step of the first step that it'd almost be harder NOT to do it. Spend 60 seconds doing the thing. Bite off such a small nibble it feels silly. Just get started.

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nico (perpetually lifeless) 🦥 @unicornthorn

3 years ago

the idea that people are faking severe chronic illnesses en masse for attention is hilarious to me because anyone with severe chronic illnesses knows that you lose like 95-100% of your friends once you become too sick to fake being well 24/7

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Dr. Glenn Patrick Doyle @DrDoyleSays

3 years ago

"Hindsight bias"-- "things would have been different if only I'd done (whatever)"-- can SMOTHER us for YEARS...and it's not fair to judge who we were then w/ what we know NOW. You didn't know what you didn't know. Forgive yourself for not knowing then what you know now.

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Dr. Glenn Patrick Doyle @DrDoyleSays

3 years ago

When we grew up abused or neglected, we might have a tendency to hang on to things like jobs, relationships, habits, or beliefs that aren't great for us-- but which are predictable and stabilizing. Er, such as it is. Change involves risk-- & risk often feels OVERWHELMING.

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Dr. Glenn Patrick Doyle @DrDoyleSays

3 years ago

Hey. Don't relapse tonight. Yup, I get it. You've got all the stressors, & they're real. They might be life changing. They're scary. I get it. But relapsing doesn't solve any problem you have-- & it hands you a much more dangerous one. Just handle this minute, this minute.

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Dr. Glenn Patrick Doyle @DrDoyleSays

3 years ago

Trauma processing often involves confronting painful, confusing memories & toxic realities-- & we can only do it AFTER lots of hard work establishing a stable, safer baseline. It can be EXHAUSTING. EVERYONE working their trauma recovey is an Olympic level emotional athlete.

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Dr. Jen Wolkin | ADHD + Trauma Therapist @drjenwolkin

3 years ago

Most people aren’t faking sick, they are faking well. Read. That. Again.

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Dr. Glenn Patrick Doyle @DrDoyleSays

3 years ago

In recovery we slowly work through the half-truths we've been telling ourselves & others for YEARS about why we do & don't do certain things-- all while struggling w/ the fear that if we end up being totally honest, we'll be mocked & abandoned. Easy does it. One day at a time.