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The one dream job I ever had… steeped in trauma © HBO / Last Week Tonight, 2025
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  • Trauma

The one dream job I ever had… steeped in trauma

gingerandhoney 4 days ago
Trauma: hypervigilance to keep everything and everyone (readç me) safe, turned into a skillset Core wound: I...
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Dad: If you want contact, you can always call me
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Dad: If you want contact, you can always call me

gingerandhoney 2 weeks ago
Trauma: Fear of calling Core wound: I will be rejected, I will be betrayed My dad would...
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Monique
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  • Trauma

Monique

gingerandhoney 4 months ago
I never knew your name, until a few days ago.They kept using another name. I never knew...
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The loveliest woman in the world
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  • Trauma

The loveliest woman in the world

gingerandhoney 4 months ago
One day, my mother gave me her wedding ring, for me to give to the loveliest woman...
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First time I set a boundary without fearing rejection
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  • Trauma

First time I set a boundary without fearing rejection

gingerandhoney 5 months ago
Trauma: Fear of setting boundaries Core wound: I will be rejected Last night, I set a boundary,...
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It’s easier to self destruct…
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  • Trauma

It’s easier to self destruct…

gingerandhoney 11 months ago
EDIT May 26th 2025: this post was written summer of 2024, but was never actually posted. A...
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…
  • Inside voice

…

gingerandhoney 1 year ago
I want to let go of the shackles. I think I found the key. Where’s the lock?
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That f’n hurt!?! Please don’t stop!
  • Inside voice
  • Transness
  • Trauma

That f’n hurt!?! Please don’t stop!

gingerandhoney 1 year ago
Remember the Is the pain you feel normal? entry? I just came back from a casually scheduled...
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The Angel of Joy (or Guilt?)
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  • Social
  • Transness
  • Trauma

The Angel of Joy (or Guilt?)

gingerandhoney 1 year ago
I assume you like doing things that could give you joy. I would. Reading a book, singing...
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The force behind “shouldn’t you have …?” and “responsibility” © unknown
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  • Social
  • Trauma

The force behind “shouldn’t you have …?” and “responsibility”

gingerandhoney 1 year ago
Today, discussing my “The Mask” in a session, a few dots were connected, in an unexpected way....
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Today was hard
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  • Social
  • Trauma

Today was hard

gingerandhoney 1 year ago
For decades, I did not know what emotions, or feelings, or physical reactions do to a person.Sure,...
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The Mask © Walt Disney Productions, 1941
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  • Social
  • Transness
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The Mask

gingerandhoney 1 year ago
No, I am not talking about the Jim Carrey movie. There’s a stark resemblance between what I...
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Is the pain you feel normal? © Python (Monty) Pictures Limited, 1975
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  • Trauma

Is the pain you feel normal?

gingerandhoney 1 year ago 2
A little while ago, my physical therapist asked me: “Is your pain level normal?”, when discussing progress...
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Fight?
  • DEI
  • Human rights
  • Social
  • Trauma

Fight?

gingerandhoney 1 year ago
I wrote the first version of this thought as a response to an online discussion about fighting...
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That meme
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  • Transness

That meme

gingerandhoney 1 year ago
You’ll all have seen this photograph (taken by antonioguillemphoto who staged infidelity in a playful manner) in...
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Keep your laws out of my body!
  • DEI
  • Human rights
  • Musing
  • Social
  • Transness

Keep your laws out of my body!

gingerandhoney 1 year ago
Listening to Michele B Goodwin and Ali Velshi discussing women’s reproductive rights a few days ago . I can’t...
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Stress, food, and my body
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  • Transness
  • Trauma

Stress, food, and my body

gingerandhoney 1 year ago
TW: food, weight, weight loss, stress, body image This post is not about weight or weight change,...
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Instead
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  • Trauma

Instead

gingerandhoney 1 year ago
I did not diveOr feed stingraysOr kitesurfNeither did I cuddle with sharksOr climb steps of Mayan ruinsOr...
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Vacation
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  • Trauma

Vacation

gingerandhoney 1 year ago
In all these years and years I’ve been travelling the world for work or sports, I made...
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Reading again #2
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  • Trauma

Reading again #2

gingerandhoney 1 year ago
I just put down the first book I read in ages. As a child, I did nothing...
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