Post-Traumatic Growth Journal

[TheBigBlue]

It stood out to me that not only did the barking become less triggering, but that the connection stayed with you after the conversation had ended.

I really like this observation. 💛

That feels like a tiny glimpse of earned secure attachment: borrowing someone else's regulation until, little by little, it becomes your own.

It also gives me hope that even very old neural pathways can change through repeated experiences of safe connection.