Behind the Mask of Healing: The Dark Secrets Trauma Hides

Confronting the monsters hiding behind a facade of recovery.

1. As a kid happiness is true bliss, as an adult happiness is just comfortability.

2. You are the main character in your life but you're just an extra in everyone else's.

3. Time doesn't heal wounds, it builds scar tissue.

4. You are the cause of most of the problems in your life.

5. Your parents can be amazing people who want the very best for you and still be at the source of your trauma.

6. If you're being attacked, others will attack you so they don't get attacked.

7. Earth shattering things can happen more than once and time won’t stop for you to process them.

8. You'll compromise so much in your life you'll forget what you ever really wanted for yourself.

9. Everyone must choose one of two pains: the pain of discipline or the pain of regret.

10. You don't get what you deserve, you get what you negotiate.

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