Emotional behavior

Pain, when rooted in emotion, is always connected to trauma and insecurity.
The same applies to pleasing behavior and all other forms of validation-seeking.
Even the attitude of disapproving your authentic self is a reflection of inner insecurity.

Trauma is the disconnection from the authentic emotions you were once not safe to feel.
Healing is the reconnection to them — back to the grief, the pain, the shame you once had to suppress in order to survive.

Break the repeating cycles by confronting the source of your hidden sorrow.
Embrace your healing process by revisiting your childhood without escaping the emotions that resurface.
Allow the pain of your past, but listen to it differently — to find resolution, a higher level of understanding, acceptance and self-forgiveness.
Healing is about reclaiming the parts of yourself you once had to abandon in order to feel accepted or loved.

Never be afraid to face your truth — to stand in who you truly are.

— David John