**Trigger Alert! This episode contains discussion of sexual abuse**
I felt compelled to share a story from my 8th grade year in jr. high school, circa 1993.
I had a serious EMDR session last weekend with my therapist, where we unpacked some behaviors that have been ailing me. I've had some insomnia due to a hypervigillent part of me that needs to be perfect to avoid public humiliation. There's also some body dysmorphia leftover from messages I received about how my stomach looked as a young child and beyond. Those are elements of trauma recovery that I discuss in today's episode, along with a deep, humiliating, loss of innocence that I experienced in a room full of 13-year-old girls.
Healing is possible!
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Grace + Boundaries: Navigating Intergenerational Trauma with Erin Hearts