@MsColes77
Tanya Coles
@MsColes77 · 4:53

Trauma Talk: Emotional Passivity

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I feel things on a very deep level. But in my efforts to survive, if you will, this environment, I created ways to not allow my emotions to be affected by whatever was going on. And after a while, it got to a place where it was hard. When I was in this environment, it was hard to even display emotions, even if I wanted to. I found it to be difficult

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@DearAuntyAng
Ann-Gela Kaye
@DearAuntyAng · 4:22
I don't know if they pulled out from a driveway or they pulled out from being parked along the side or something like that. So they just kind of pulled out in front of me and defensive driving, I stepped on the brake. Didn't have to swam money. It wasn't that serious, but stepped on the brake, gave them their space, and kept going, all while continuing my conversation with my niece
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@MsColes77
Tanya Coles
@MsColes77 · 3:21

@DearAuntyAng

And so, yes, I am trying to learn how to emote when necessary and how to dial it back when necessary. And for me, it's about safety. If I feel safe, then I'm vulnerable. But if I don't feel safe, then I'm not vulnerable. And with my vulnerability comes my emotional expressions. But if I don't feel that I can display those expressions in a safe place and in a safe manner, then I have a tendency to just shut down
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@NeophyteSavant
Moe Johnson
@NeophyteSavant · 3:16

@MsColes77

Number two is that I can actually relate to that, because not only have I been through that, but I'm actually still going through it, and I've been like that for a while. I'm talking about for several years, and sometimes it seems like I go in and out of it, but I never left it. Every now and then, I show a little bit of myself in terms of the mode that everyone knows. And I remember about two weeks ago, my son came over
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