"Fear, anxiety, panic, and overwhelming feelings are all normal responses to an abnormal event"
Most of us are feeling overwhelmed by the recent acts of violence impacting the Atlanta and Boulder communities. Many of my clients have questioned if their reactions are valid. โฃ
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๐๐ฎ ๐ ๐ข๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ช๐ณ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐บ? โฃ
๐๐ฉ๐บ ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ'๐ต ๐ ๐ด๐ต๐ฐ๐ฑ ๐ค๐ณ๐บ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฅ๐ฏ'๐ต ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ข๐ฏ๐บ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ท๐ช๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ด ๐ฅ๐ช๐ณ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ญ๐บ? โฃ
๐๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ฅ๐ฐ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ง๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ญ๐ช๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด? โฃ
๐ ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ'๐ต ๐ด๐ต๐ฐ๐ฑ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ค๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ธ๐ด ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ด ๐ต๐ณ๐บ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ญ๐ช๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฏ.โฃ
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Processing events that are not meant to happen take time. Our brains want to find rational understanding, but that is impossible when horrific things happen in this world that will never make sense. โฃ
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Be with your feelings. Express them with your loved ones. Gently remind yourself that whatever your feeling is important to be noticed and comforted.
Be Well, Courtney
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