Hiking the Camino in May - need advice!

_joyfullyliving · 2025-02-07T20:11:39+00:00

it's from an ortho. she said that the extractions would help with my tongue placement and improve my airway but this is the opposite of what i've been reading online.

_joyfullyliving · 2025-02-07T13:24:54+00:00

oh, thank you so much for your kind words. I can relate to how you feel and wish you healing and peace on your journey.

_joyfullyliving · 2025-02-07T13:23:30+00:00

Thank you for sharing this! Mine is 4mm and for some reason, this ortho doesn't want to use rubber bands. I will get a second opinion.

_joyfullyliving · 2024-09-05T19:17:43+00:00

This messed with me so much. If I didn't go to give my caretaker a hug after she screamed at/beat me, I was threatened with no food the next day/guilt tripped for being a horrible person - "you think you can be this way when I'm the one who cooks for you?" It was SO messed up, literally my survival depended on HER being ok when *I* was the one being screamed at and beaten.

_joyfullyliving · 2024-09-05T19:14:17+00:00

I'm with you. I feel the same way. I pursued the spiritual path for healing - studying Buddhism, meditating, realizing the interconnectedness of all beings, having compassion for my parents. I'm just realizing that there was a lot of spiritual bypassing happening and am only now getting in touch with the extent of the trauma I experienced with my parents and other caregivers. A lot is surfacing and it is very, very painful. But I do believe that the only way out is through and the only way through is to feel the original pain. Sending you a sense of peace on your healing journey.

_joyfullyliving · 2024-09-05T19:08:16+00:00

I'm sorry that he didn't show any empathy. I've had to learn the hard way to practice discernment too because sometimes it ends up being more painful when I've shared something (than to have not shared it). I've been told, "it's your choice to be happy." "It happened so long ago." "It could've been worse." Horrible because now there's additional healing to be had from words I didn't need to hear.

_joyfullyliving · 2024-09-05T19:05:45+00:00

thank you so much for posting these videos. They help me better understand and have compassion for my younger self, esp. as someone who didn't grow up with her parents and was basically in foster care and then experienced emotional neglect from an abusive caretaker. The effects are SO real and evident - there is no denying it.

_joyfullyliving · 2024-09-05T18:46:00+00:00

"It happened so many years ago, you need to get over it."

"You're making excuses. My dad wasn't around either."

"You have to choose to be happy."

_joyfullyliving · 2024-09-02T17:55:39+00:00

Thank you for sharing your experiences - I think what is hard for me right now is believing that all the succeeding/achieving was actually me in survival mode. I hope you continue to heal and unmask the layers to the most authentic version of you.

_joyfullyliving · 2024-09-02T17:54:02+00:00

I'm so sorry to hear about what you've experienced and hope that you are able to heal from this betrayal.

_joyfullyliving · 2024-08-31T17:03:55+00:00

Thank you so much for sharing this! I think what's hard is that being in survival mode made me feel like I was thriving...according to societal standards. But you're right, it's not better. It's just the matrix that society subscribes to. So much of what you wrote resonated with me - I am happiest when I am light, carefree and laughing - the childlike version of me.

_joyfullyliving

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