You're not silly or stupid for struggling w/ "little" decisions in the grocery store or anywhere else. That's part of what emotional & mental abuse do to us-- get us feeling like we're making every possible choice wrong. Slow down, breathe into it, & remember your goals.

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Shout out to every trauma survivor who has had to swallow their rage today because they have to play nice w/ somebody. Remember that it doesn't mean your anger is invalid or inappropriate-- or that you'll always be gagged like this.

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Holding boundaries is often no fun, it's true. It can make people unhappy, which can trigger our "fawn" reflex; then not scratching that "fawn" itch can leave us depressed. Then we have to manage THAT without self-harming. You're not imagining it, recovery can be exhausting.

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The people who give us sh*t today very likely don't even know themselves all that well. Most humans don't, & most humans REALLY don't know themselves half as well as CPTSD survivors working our recovery. Why would we care what they think of us? They're clueless about themselves.

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