Stuck in a Moment: How to Break Free
The most infuriating aspect of stuckness for me is when I know what I need to do but I simply can’t bring myself to take that next step. The idea of doing so brings about insurmountable fears. So I go through life pretending there is no problem. Until confronted with something that triggers a bad memory & my body registers the situation as threat (even when there is none). The body is keeping the score, and the memory of our trauma is alive within us (Van Der Kolk, 2014). Ignoring it accomplishes nothing