Heal Your Trauma, Heal Your Marriage by McDonald Cheri;

Author:McDonald, Cheri; [Dr. Cheri McDonald]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Morgan James Publishing
Published: 2020-08-15T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seven:

Real-I-zation of the I Am Creation

“One thing: you have to walk and create the way by your walking; you will not find a ready-made path. It is not so cheap, to reach to the ultimate realization of truth. You will have to create the path by walking yourself; the path is not ready-made, lying there and waiting for you. It is just like the sky: the birds fly, but they don’t leave any footprints. You cannot follow them; there are no footprints left behind.”

— Osho

What does getting a grip on your PTSD have to do with real-I-zation? In order to know your Self, you need to know where you start. Real-I-zation is the step of getting to know who you are so you can know to where to start being and becoming your Ideal Self.

Recent studies indicate that trauma may very much be part of our entire life from pre-conception to the present, coined as developmental trauma. Adverse Childhood Experiences Study (ACE Study) has conducted research that has demonstrated a correlation of adverse childhood experiences or trauma with health and social issues throughout our lives. Their study expands between 1995 and 1997 with long-term follow-up for outcomes. It was conducted by the American Health Maintenance Organization Kaiser Permanente and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The results included substance misuse; physical, sexual, emotional abuse; physical and emotional neglect; intimate partner violence; mother treated violently; substance misuse within household; household mental illness; parental separation or divorce; and incarcerated household member. The negative effects of ACEs are felt throughout and affect individuals across all cultures. The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) provides a pyramid diagram with a nice visual picture of how failing to treat PTSD may impact and interfere with evolving into the Ideal Self where love and joy resides. To see a color illustration, download the free companion PDF to this book at aplace2turn.com.

As can be seen, an awareness of how developmental PTSD impacts are defining you. The time to know who you are is now and begin to build your path toward the Ideal Self.

The third step, real-I-zation, invites you to choose to be Self-aware versus defaulting to auto-pilot and coasting through life. As we engage in the present moment and stay awake, we can step out of the trance of reacting to whatever life throws at us. Rather, we can observe, take ownership in your part of the activity occurring, make a proactive choice as how to participate, and emerge with authenticity and wonder as you were made to be. The challenge is to be ready to be real so your I am can surface and rise to be-ing the sensation you were born to be.

As you are actively involved with every step you take, you can capture the silver lining to every cloud that comes with the trauma. As previously shared, opposition in all things is a law of necessity in order to grow. When trials hit, you are faced with the re-awakening to remembering who you really are in mind, body, and spirit.

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