Memories. Oh, those pesky memories that you just can’t stop from popping into your head. I hate the effects my childhood abuse has had on my life. The littlest things can bring back memories, and set off triggers. Sometimes, the memories come for no reason at all. This has been happening to me a lot…
Healing
Stress Dreams
When I’m feeling stressed one of the ways my body let’s me know I’m stressed out is by having stress dreams. These dreams for me are specific kinds of dreams that only occur when I’m stressed. Stress dreams are so stressful. I know that sounds so very obvious. They bring up old feels that are…
It Was Not God’s Plan
I wish people would stop telling trauma victims, “God must have a plan for this. Otherwise He wouldn’t have allowed this to happen. He will work it out for your good”. How dare anyone suggest it is the will of God for someone to experience such trauma! This completely negates free-will, and suggests God could…
Stop Making This Taboo!
There are a few Christian taboo topics I want to address: taking antidepressant medications, anti-anxiety medicine, and going to counseling. Why is this taboo? Some preachers love to preach about receiving a healing from God to set us free from depression and anxiety [Which is all well and good. I pray many people will receive such healings. Heck,…
Conditions Of Forgiveness
While doing some research about what the Bible has to say about forgiveness after reading an article, Stop Telling Me To Forgive My Abuser, which really got me thinking. There was so much in that article I can relate to, and yet, in some ways it also challenged the perception of forgiveness that I’ve always been…