All tagged trauma
“Not supposed to be here” is a feeling that many of us can identify with. For trauma survivors especially, a vulnerable time like grad school can trigger past trauma and cause doubt. We look to one example of imposter syndrome to learn how we can better help ourselves.
Trauma never really goes away. It comes back at different points in our life through two channels: vulnerable times and triggers. A “vulnerable time” is a non-everyday event including yes, a pandemic like Covid-19.
You can recognize a cult command because the theme is hopelessness. It's the ultimate in absolutism: there is nothing you can do.
Closure is a cousin of perfection. Unattainable, in part, because the goal posts keep moving. And try as we might, we can't effort our way into it. We can’t effort our way to closure because the control we have over our feelings and outcomes is limited. But we can do something else instead.
