Traumatized individuals are often stuck in a painful paradox: to be close to another is felt to be unsafe, but so is aloneness. We cannot trust either option. We experience our minds as alone (the most challenging way to deal with trauma) and also feel on high alert all the time, with no one allowedContinue reading “Traumatized individuals are often stuck in a painful paradox: to be close to another is felt to be unsafe, but so is aloneness”