Trauma
When speaking to a group about Trauma I often ask them, what is it? Can you give me an example? They will often shout out
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abuse
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witnessing an accident
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violence
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medical emergency
These are certainly tragic situations but it doesn't have to be something that is traumatic to anyone else. We are always living in the feeling of our thinking and so what is traumatic to one person might not be to someone else.
"When I was in my 20s I was mugged 3 times. It was the early 1980s and PTSD was only just being recognized as a diagnosis"
Why does no one understand how I feel?
One of my biggest challenges after my injuries had healed was that I couldn't explain to anyone why I was so scared. My mind kept repeating and repeating the story of what happened to me. I wasn't eating or sleeping properly and became very scared to leave the house.
"Working with Chana has been life changing. I have been suffering from PTSD for the last two years, and her coaching sessions made me take a different perspective about it. I also realized that it's fine to be where I am while giving it no meaning. Every time I get into one of those situations that petrify me, noises around, people's voices... Her words, examples, metaphors and comparisons come to me, soothing me and making me realize that what I am leaving in that moment could be lived, seen and felt from another perspective.
I truly recommend working with Chana, open yourself to let her words sink into you. Even if you don't see it, her words will sink into you in such a powerful healing way that there is no way back.
With love and gratitude,
Christel"
It wasn't until I met some very understanding women who guided me to see that it was time to let go of my story.
I had become so Identified with the story of what happened to me that I was constantly living in the feeling of what happened not in what was happening now.
They showed me I was safe and that I had all the resilience and courage I needed to get well
Since then I have learned that I am not what happened to me, that I am not my thoughts about it and that I am strong.
The latest insight I have had about trauma is that what happened is part of my story, part of my history but so is growing up in England and working in Hollywood. It doesn't define me and I am free to go anywhere and be who I want now that I understand how experience is created.
From moment to moment I am safe, my mind is a safe neighborhood!
