Certain experiences stick with us for a very long time. Learning to work through them isn’t always easy. Traumatizing experience especially. I spoke about the car accident I got into where I felt complete calmness but what I didn’t mention was how much I struggled with driving after it. The thought of loosing control and crashing was very present in my mind. My hands would shake and my palms became really sweaty whenever I got behind the wheel. I had to take it really slow. I remember talking to my dad about the accident. Before that I hadn’t told anyone about it. That day I felt better but the day after I was back to shaky and sweaty. It wasn’t until I opened up to my friends about it that it went away. Sometimes all you really need is a listening ear truly but I know that some people need a lot more than just a couple conversations. But yeah, I noticed that I was protecting my trauma by not speaking about it. What traumatic experience have you had, in your life, that you’re protecting by not talking to someone about it?
