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Fear
“Trauma may happen to you, but it can never define you” -Melinda Longtin It’s been a while since my last post. Life has been busy and I’ve had writer’s block, at times unsure of what to write about next. I often second guess myself, wondering if reopening my past and sharing it with the world […]
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Grounding
This week’s post is about finding safety in subconsciously doing grounding techniques, as well as how trauma has affected me as an adult.
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History…
I’ll begin by telling you a bit about my history…where I grew up, values I was taught, what shaped me, and what I learned. I was born in a small town in Bulgaria, to a young couple with a 2 year old daughter. What I recall from my childhood is a mixture of this happy, […]
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Words Are Powerful
It’s been a while since I wrote. A lot has happened in a month or two. We lost both of my grandparents in a span of 3 weeks, and it wasn’t easy. Their deaths have caused a sort of realization or awakening of sort. Maybe it was grieving or maybe it was realizing how quickly […]
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Childhood Dreams
Keep quiet as much as possible so the beast doesn’t awaken… Desi One of the greatest yet most disturbing things I learned growing up was to keep quiet, to not say anything that might upset dad. The funny thing is, nobody taught me that, it was kind of like a fear response. I must say, […]
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An Introduction…
Hello World, Welcome to my first blog post. I will begin by briefly introducing myself and telling you about my main goal in creating this blog. I come from an Eastern European background, raised by both parents, and I have an older sister. I would say I am European at heart, but raised and grown […]