Join me as I reflect on my continued journey into rehab. I reflect on how I was challenged to begin to meditate, participate in group therapy and share my emotions. I also learned how to assess myself in detail to see what exactly I was experiencing throughout the day. I was learning to acknowledge the depression, anxiety or pain that came from my past trauma's. I also learned in depth about the symptoms behind PTSD and how they directly related to the way I was previously living my life.
Truly connecting with myself was something I needed to relearn how to do. Or maybe for that matter learn how to do it properly for the first time in my life. I had learned in rehab that connecting with myself allowed me to connect fully with others. To meet each other with compassion and shared experience. Group therapy was fundamental in teaching me the value of true, authentic connection.
Sleep also became something I began to excel at. As a Police Officer I stopped sleeping well a few years into the career. Over time my sleeping patterns worsened and it was not until rehab when I began to teach the body how to sleep properly once more. We also focused on nutrition and hydration.
In this episode I also dive into my relationship with anger. Anger is a secondary emotion that we often times present externally in order to hide the primary emotion in which we actually are experiencing. For me my primary emotions over the years which included, fear, loss and sadness were experienced many times over through my service life; however, I lacked emotional intelligence at that point and unfortunately anger would present itself as I attempted to hide my primary emotions that I had experienced.
Join me as I cover off a few more aspects which I am grateful for!
Thank you for listening and thank you for your support!
