You are allowed to take a break from healing trauma

You can take a break and heal trauma

It’s true. I’m not sure if anyone told you yet, but you’re allowed to disconnect from the healing journey for a little bit. We get so caught up in doing all of the things that sometimes we forget that we are allowed to live. To be alive isn’t a series of habits and routines and practices that overtake your life. To be alive is to find the present moment, indulge in it, and to take a little bit of it with you. This trauma healing game is exhausting; wake, meditate, journal, do yoga, set intention, be mindful, listen to the podcast, go to the gym, don’t drink too much coffee, shower, brush your teeth, and so much more, and that’s all before 7 am. I don’t know about you, but some days I want to chill.

So what do you do when you are healing CPTSD and need a break? You ask yourself this question: Do I need a break today? I always ask myself if today is that day because often I find that I can keep going. However, on some days, like today, I have asked myself that question and decided that the thing that serves me best is to exist without judgment that I’m not going to do all the things. The pressure we place on ourselves to be great is often exponentially more overwhelming. We look at ourselves in need of fixing and measure our healing by missed opportunities instead of new baselines. We say things like I wasted my day, or I should have done this/that. But is that entirely true? The truth is…