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Lizard Brain doing its job. |
Today I'm going to look at violations related to sex or gender as the vehicle for doing The Work. I am also going to associate that with physical and psychological violations, period; Primarily, how and why survivors of trauma have so much tied up with these deeply ingrained patterns and issues of violation.
Whether it's rape, molestation, shame producing sex (forced prostitution, sex slavery, or hoping
he or they would like you...), or other versions of sexual harm; Whether it's sexually motivated violations or violations based on your gender, if you have feelings of shame, violation, self-hate, victimization, anger or
any version of suffering wrapped up with that; Even if
you were the
only one sexually violating or exploiting
your own body, the purpose of this post is to begin a Mind Shift toward the willingness of releasing yourself from suffering.
When I first began reading
Loving What Is, before I knew Byron Katie as more than just an author, I threw it across the room. My Lizard Brain, that had taken over in hypervigilance in
keeping me safe, was now in charge.