We all create stories about our experiences that serve to uphold our current identities. Stories bring continuity and coherency to our sense of self and to our lives. However, some stories no longer serve us. Clinging to stories in which we are victims harms us. Painful and unwanted experiences can’t always be avoided, but we need not endlessly relive or identify with the downside of them. Every retelling is a self-infliction of more pain. Feeling the bodily sensations that accompany the emotional pain and then ceasing to tell the story is the path to healing and…
Growing beyond.
