October 2020 | art of trauma

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Fight Flight..Freeze? Understanding The Freeze Response to Trauma

boudika / October 20, 2020 / 2 Comments

In this article I will outline the various responses, before doing a deep dive into the "freeze response" including what exactly it is, how to recognise when we are freezing, and what we…

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poetry

Translucent

boudika / October 13, 2020 / 1 Comment

I am translucent. Wildly unprepared for the light.

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How to Love Yourself – 5 Simple Ways to Be the Love You Need

boudika / October 11, 2020 / 2 Comments

Everyone preaches self-love, but no-one seems to tell us how to practise it. In this article I want to talk about 5 simple, practical ways to do just that.

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poetry

Shards

boudika / October 9, 2020 / 2 Comments

Wild-eyed, bloody-fingered, I gather slivers of me. A thousand sharp shards shining, glinting malevolently in the moonlight.

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poetry

Collide

boudika / October 9, 2020 / 4 Comments

And when we collide we split like atoms, destroying worlds, and I am lost to myself.

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