Gloria G wrote:
Gloria is right. When we have spent a lot of time in an abusive situation, our minds and bodies are drained and ground down from stress, sleeplessness, skipping meals or eating unbalanced meals.
Worse, we forget what play feels like - and we forget what genuine, non exploitative human companionship feels like.
Get out and play. LGATs often keep people indoors in hyper controlled environments. Get outdoors, go to the local dog park, the beach, anything where people frolic.
Gloria G wrote:
For example I discovered that one exercise which seemed harmless was actually designed to implant fear in our minds and to keep us frightened. They also use waking hypnosis to again implant their ideology.
Corboy:
If you feel OK about it, could you describe what the exercise consisted of?
If this brings up too much anxiety, no need to mention it.
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You will get better but it does take time. If you can,try and do things that used to give you pleasure or positive meaning in the past. Enjoy the sunshine, the Spring, anything that is life affirming and you will get through this. It took me longer than I would have expected for something I only engaged with for 3 months, I would say I was reading this site regularly for 6 months to a year.
Gloria is right. When we have spent a lot of time in an abusive situation, our minds and bodies are drained and ground down from stress, sleeplessness, skipping meals or eating unbalanced meals.
Worse, we forget what play feels like - and we forget what genuine, non exploitative human companionship feels like.
Get out and play. LGATs often keep people indoors in hyper controlled environments. Get outdoors, go to the local dog park, the beach, anything where people frolic.
Gloria G wrote:
For example I discovered that one exercise which seemed harmless was actually designed to implant fear in our minds and to keep us frightened. They also use waking hypnosis to again implant their ideology.
Corboy:
If you feel OK about it, could you describe what the exercise consisted of?
If this brings up too much anxiety, no need to mention it.