Cultural norm since Nov 2024 is to suffer at the dominate hands of DJtrump who is removing jobs, support systems, infrastructure, while jeopardizing financial resources for everyone except the top 1%. This is cultural abuse and trauma. It’s not the first time humans have suffered such.
How then do you keep your recovery from your personal experience of domestic violence or personal trauma when everyone is frazzled and strained and afraid?
Depending on how you are emotionally strengthened you will need to decide to either 1) engage and feel powerful with protesting, contacting authorities, and acts of kindness. Or 2) you will need to retreat into you own space and tend to your own narrow well-being to the best of your ability. Or 3) create a combination of being proactive and engage in social changing activities that empower you and retreating to practices that are quiet, solo, and rejuvenating.
Random acts of kindness help both others and ourselves at the right time. Be sure to NOT give to the vampires or narcissista who will devalued or swallow up your gifts with out mutual exchange.
In contrast, reading, creative art that is solo, or quiet walks also can rejuvenate with no need to pretend the outside world is suffering too. Yes, you can enter a non suffering space to help yourself refuel and renew. Both may be helpful in the right amount that is individualized for your current emotional makeup.
Here’s a book to help you create in calm… Create Art for Inner Peace and Well-Being.
Dr Carol Francis
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