YOU DO NOT HEAL BY UNDERSTANDING YOUR TRAUMA
You heal by feeling safe enough to stop repeating it
Not reverting to your old coping mechanisms anymore is how you break the cycle
You want to understand because understanding gives the illusion of control
When we go through pain our mind kicks into overdrive trying to make sense of it. It’s the mind’s way of saying If I can figure this out, I can prevent it from happening again
Sometimes there isn’t a logical answer that will make the pain go away because it had nothing to do with you. And trying to intellectualize everything can become a way to avoid feeling the things that actually needs to move through the body
We try understanding because it’s less scary than sitting in the unknown. Stop trying to solve everything like a puzzle and instead start soothing the part of us that feels afraid, abandoned, unworthy etc
You don’t need another explanation
Or someone who looks at you and tells you that it wasn’t your fault