The f word 2017 online7/11/2023 ![]() ![]() The trauma required someone to walk me through both the shock and terror of a potentially deadly experience: an expert who could help me begin to navigate a new normal. And I’m sure you wouldn’t be surprised to learn that after that night I needed additional counseling. (What I used to tell myself was “Oh, just the upstairs neighbor,” becomes, “Maybe someone is in the apartment?”) In situations like these, the heuristics we use to discern danger become obsolete. How can I learn to trust the world again? Thoughts that often would not even come across my conscious radar are now sounding alarms. For many weeks, I find it next to impossible to return to the way I formerly made decisions and dismissed quotidian fears.
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