the k trip

Forging my path to Post Traumatic Growth. You are not your symptoms.

Tag: intimacy

  • Oh, I’ve dealt with that. Moving on:

    Whenever someone says to me ‘Oh, I’ve dealt with that’ I don’t believe them. I’ve said that to myself many times and the further I get down the road on this healing journey, the most I realise I have not dealt with it either. The statement isn’t a lie. We have dealt with things as… Read more

  • Why do I avoid myself?

    Intimacy noun close familiarity or friendship; closeness. Latin Root: “Intimus” means “inmost, innermost, deepest”.  My ‘Word of the Year’ for last year was ‘intimacy’. It became glaringly obvious to me that I struggled with closeness of other people. I am a great organiser of events and get togethers, because of my struggle with intimacy. I… Read more