Category Archives: Trauma

Another Sojourn in the Pit

Posted on August 1, 2019 by jenny

Journal for Thursday, August 1 3rd cup of tea:  It was beautiful outside when I walked Mocha, cool, sunny, sparkling.  But I could not experience it.  This mood doesn’t have the weight of depression, it’s more a sense of why … Continue reading →

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3rd Cup of Tea

Posted on July 31, 2019 by jenny

This 3rd cup writing illustrates another principle I use in my life:  I take a lot of things that happen as signs from the universe or spirit or whoever.  For example, if I’m thinking something particular and a bird lands … Continue reading →

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Trying to Figure out WHY I Got So Terrified

Posted on July 26, 2019 by jenny

Excerpts from my journal trying to understand about the terrified feeling, what triggered it, why it seemed different from how it has happened before.  The last time I felt that kind of terror was when I flew to California for … Continue reading →

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Two Whole Weeks of Terror, February 1971

Posted on July 25, 2019 by jenny

from my journal.  entries are undated.  A lot of this is in a post from January 2016 how calmly does the olive branch observe the sky begin to blanch without a cry, without a prayer with no betrayal of despair…  … Continue reading →

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Today’s 3rd Cup of Tea

Posted on July 24, 2019 by jenny

Maybe the feeling of abandonment was more intense because Dulany has become a good friend.  Erica pointed out that my relationship with Eleanor is problematic because she triggered the big sister’s need to take care of younger siblings, and she … Continue reading →

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Guidance

Posted on July 22, 2019 by jenny

Saturday, July 20 Dear Guides & Guardian Spirits, I am having a very hard time.  Please help me. Dear Jenny, your fear has been triggered and you are very much in a baby state.  You are feeling pretty completely helpless.  … Continue reading →

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3rd Cup of Tea Writing, Today

Posted on July 21, 2019 by jenny

Sunday, July 21 3rd cup of tea: I am feeling terror and despair.  I am feeling the feelings of all the challenged beings, children separated from their parents, people held in jail who can’t post bail, people wrongly defrauded of … Continue reading →

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Badly Triggered

Posted on July 21, 2019 by jenny

from my journal for 6/21 In the evening I watched a talk on Healing Trauma by Thomas Hübl.  He is Austrian, and a mystic and spiritual teacher.  He talked about collective trauma and what was needed to heal it — … Continue reading →

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Ereshkigal Revisited

Posted on July 4, 2019 by jenny

from my journal for June 6    I worked on two blog posts: “Professional Psychotherapy Client” and goodness beyond goodness.  The first one was about how I had missed out on a lot of what life has to offer because … Continue reading →

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Three Ways Trauma Can Change the Brain

Posted on June 17, 2019 by jenny

This came in an email, and I thought it was important enough to share with people who were interested in trauma:   Three ways trauma changes the brain. The first is that the threat perception system becomes more sensitive.  Things … Continue reading →

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