Hey OOTS members,
First post here - just looking to figure out how to best figure out how to find a way to create a new normal in my life after going limited contact from my nuclear family system. Been living out of the house for about a year or so - and it's honestly been one of the hardest years of my entire life. I feel like the awakened consciousness I have now about the very actual limitations of the people I used to call my family is beyond heartbreaking. I have internalized the accumulated toxic shame of decades of projected pain - and some days are easier than others, but there are moments I am just so tired I can't move. Does anyone have any recommendations for grounding techniques or figuring out how to best center oneself during the holidays/special moments during the first couple of - and want to sit in a ball for a year to just come to terms with what has been one of the most painful of childhoods.
First post here - just looking to figure out how to best figure out how to find a way to create a new normal in my life after going limited contact from my nuclear family system. Been living out of the house for about a year or so - and it's honestly been one of the hardest years of my entire life. I feel like the awakened consciousness I have now about the very actual limitations of the people I used to call my family is beyond heartbreaking. I have internalized the accumulated toxic shame of decades of projected pain - and some days are easier than others, but there are moments I am just so tired I can't move. Does anyone have any recommendations for grounding techniques or figuring out how to best center oneself during the holidays/special moments during the first couple of - and want to sit in a ball for a year to just come to terms with what has been one of the most painful of childhoods.