Our brains make more of things than what they are, or less of things than what they are; neither necessarily have anything to do with the truth.
We either push trauma down and ignore it, or, we wear our trauma proudly like a banner ("victimhood chic") as if it gives us nobility and status. Neither method works. We all suffer from PSD. Some from PTSD. And sometimes, whether a thing is PSD or PTSD is up to us. There is no trauma, no matter how horrific, that does not allow us "space for choice". It may not feel like it, we may not want it, it may take time, but nevertheless, space for choice is there - Anne Frank and many others have taught us this. Eventually, we begin to extricate ourselves from our ego brains attempting to protect us, and see an occurrence for just what it is, and was - an occurrence. The Surrender Sigh (#4) can help us remember and reconnect with our Space for Choice... which is what the UCVM makes us think we don't have. There is light out there.
