It was about 2 1/2 years of living in a vortex of fear, panic, and sadness, and this evolved into something much more positive.  The way that this happened was that I did some seriously challenging work to determine my own responsibilities for having chosen "bad" people to be involved with, and rewiring flawed beliefs and adding "acceptance" and positive affirmations into my life.  Of course, there were a number of other techniques and tools that I used, ritualistically, to calm my mind and still the voices of the past.  Most of these techniques are discussed right here on CureZone. 

• Staying in "The Now" is verbally identifying everything that I can see, hear, taste, smell, and feel right where I am
• Meditation - sometimes guided, sometimes spontaneous, but practiced each morning, and evening as a personal protocol
• Acknowledging my feelings as, "Yes, I'm feeling frightened," or, sad, or desperate, etc.........allowing those feelings to simply BE
• Processing old traumas through journaling, discussion, crying, etc.
• EFT tapping which, oh-by-the-way, is not some great mystery and very, very easy to do
• Evaluating old "beliefs," and replacing them with truthful and positive ones
• Allowing myself to be human - to make mistakes, learn, and move on
• Participating in the grieving process ***On Death And Dying*** by Elizabeth Kubler-Ross is a MUST READ

Sure, I will carry scars of my traumas - if I had suffered a compound fracture, there would be permanent surgical scars and obvious physical therapy to overcome the damage.  The same goes with emotional health.  Why is it that we place so little value upon our emotional health, I often wonder?

I have not only witnessed this, but I've been an active participant, myself, and it's denial of the Whole-Self Recovery Process.  Juicing, supplements, herbal treatments and remedies, and all of the natural, healthy, and alternative options to heal the body aren't going to change the injured thinking processes or refute the flawed beliefs.  Healing, folks, is a whole-self-process that includes mind, body, and spirit. And, this process requires time, patience, and committment. 

For frequent visitors of CureZone, you're aware of all of the studies that have proven that stress literally kills.  Physical health is directly related to emotional well-being, and we simply choose to ignore the latter fact. 

Perhaps, our emotional health requires us to stand back and take a look at our own choices, actions, and behaviors, and this is simply too painful or shameful to even consider.  Here's a fact:  we are each human, and we are allowed to make mistakes.  Is our shame-core so deep that we don't believe that we deserve to have a better life?  Are we in such a state of denial that we believe that there's some magic supplement or medication, out there, that will erase our dysfunctional childhood and lives and alter us into what we want to be?  Why is our emotional health so unimportant?

For anyone who is struggling with a lifetime of dysfunction or attempting to recover from childhood trauma, I strongly and lovingly encourage you to seek healing for your Emotional Self, along with your Physical Self.  When the practical mind marries with the emotional mind, there is an amazing balance that is constructed that is comfortable, reasonable, and "beautiful," if that even makes sense.  Even the darkest of times can provide a sense of gratitude because, without those dark times, I wouldn't have dropped the pride and pretenses, and gotten the help that I needed to recover.

No matter what the core of the dysfunction is, the faulty and flawed beliefs and self-perceptions can be safely dismantled and reconstructed into a healthy Whole-Self.  I encourage everyone to contemplate this fact.

Brightest and most sincere blessings to everyone who is struggling with a past, present, or future that is bleak, painful, and shameful.  There is recovery, and there is healing, in due time.

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