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by ridewinter 2859 days ago
The start of recovery for me was reading a book by Pema Chodron about not trying to get rid of the intense feelings and experiences like this. With enough experience and meditation and a practice called morning pages, I’ve learned to harness the extreme energies involved and make them a massive positive instead of something to be scared of, holding me back. It took a long time but fully worth the effort. :)

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A favorite passage from Pema’s book: https://books.google.com/books?id=a6sRdYLlmqIC&pg=PA6&lpg=PA...

An article about morning pages: https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2014/oct/03/morning...

2 comments

Morning pages has been an incredibly helpful tool for me to process the difficult emotional states associated with acute and chronic PTSD. I kind of do the slacker version by typing them out as opposed to writing freehand, but hey, it still works.
Yep. When I started I thought I didn’t have much to say. Turns out I have ALOT. Helps me work through things and start the day out right.
Any good links to share?
Sure, I just updated my comment.
thanks ridewinter :)