21 Quotes by Bonnie Badenoch about trauma
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Anything we determine to do in advance has already separated us from being in this emerging moment with ourselves as well as the other person.
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How we are seen can literally call parts of us into existence and shape new selves in the image of the one seeing us.
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Each of our parents and others close to us offer their unique version of attachment, so while we have four categories to give us a general outline of what may occur, we will find that each person's expression of each style is as individual as a fingerprint.
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our nervous systems have a preference for the social engagement system that maintains connection
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our brains are continuously yearning for the arrival of a co-organizing other
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Each time I experience the unseen wisdom of a person's system, it deepens my trust in the inner process unfolding and my awe at the way we are organized to be protected until the possibility of healing arrives.
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the greater the wounding, the more numerous and powerful our protectors need to be.
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Part of the shelter for these wounded ones involves the emergence of what we are calling protectors, aspects of ourselves that actively engage an inner and outer worlds to keep more hurt coming to those already injured. They also support the seawall that keeps the pain, fear, rage, sorrow and other inner experiences from continually welling up to threaten daily functioning.
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In various paradigms of practice, we have called these protectors "defenses" or "resistances", as though they were objects that needed to be moved out of the way. This is understandable, because we see that these parts of ourselves sometimes cause injury if we view them only from the outer perspective, without opening to the ways they are sheltering our inner world.
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