Trauma Anniversary Effect: Your Body Remembers
Anniversary of the traumatic event can serve as a powerful reminder of past or even ongoing pain, and navigating the anniversary of a traumatic event requires a delicate balance of mindfulness and compassion. These trauma anniversaries have a unique power to evoke a range of emotions, from sadness and grief to anger and anxiety. It is during these times your body remembers, that practicing self-care and mindfulness becomes essential. What is a trauma anniversary? How do trauma anniversaries affect us as survivors? Being mindful of your emotional well-being and practicing self-compassion as you navigate trauma anniversaries is so important.
Internalized Gaslighting
Internalized gaslighting is essentially when we’ve been gaslit so much (by the world, our community, rape culture, an abuser) that our mindset has shifted, and we begin doing it to ourselves. Our automatic thoughts end up being ones that question our sanity or sense of reality. Gaslighting is a transactional process in a relationship where, by means of psychological manipulation, someone is deliberately and consciously trying to make another person question their sense of reality or their sanity. This tactic is something we commonly see in abusive relationships, and it is considered to be a method of psychological abuse.
