Posted by ClearSkies on October 25, 2007, at 8:56:25
In reply to Re: I be OK, always am. » muffled, posted by B2chica on October 25, 2007, at 8:26:23
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so when i feel this confusion starting i try to remember a quote that i read. its by carl jung and says:
> "The pendulum of the mind oscillates between sense and nonsense, not between right and wrong."
> and for some reason....i GET it. and it helps.
> i think because i argue that what was done was wrong, and then another 'part' of me speaks up and says no it was not..."I" was wrong...and self-deprication begins.
> but when i remember that quote it stops that blame game. and all i need to do is decipher sense and nonsense feelings.
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>That's a great quote, and very comforting. It's the way of our minds to slip back into the self-blame game, to repeat our old, familiar patterns of beating ourselves up for what was inflicted upon us. We were children. It was not our fault. In my case, it was chronic stress that created the trauma, not a particular or multiple event. But the trauma is very real. The blame, however, is pure fabrication on my part.
CS
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