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Your 'shoulds' are showing.

We all have them - those rules running quietly in the background, telling us how we - and others - ought to be.

They feel like truth. They usually aren't.

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"I had a good childhood - so why do I feel so bad?"

I hear this a lot. Often alongside: "other people have it worse" - a form of self-dismissal.

There is - unfortunately - enough space in the world for all kinds of suffering. It

People often think ‘trauma’ has to be something like a car crash, a bomb blast, or one shocking incident. ‘Complex trauma’ is different, but just as impactful.

It is the ‘death by a thousand cuts’ of being stuck i

Nervous system regulation is having a moment - and for good reason. Learning to work with your body rather than against it can be genuinely transformative.

But there's something important that doesn't get said enough: dysregulation isn't always the

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Integrative & EMDR therapist, clinical supervisor and coach

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