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Trauma Generation: 13 Adult Attachment Sexuality Healings

 

Our beloved society is shaped by interconnection. So, as we prepare to vote, it is imperative to consider the roots of what makes up societal attachments. The ways we connect to others in adulthood—whether through romantic relationships, friendships, or community bonds—are deeply shaped by our attachment tendencies. Adult attachment, the pattern in which we relate to others often based on early-life and other significant experiences, is often disrupted by trauma passed down across generations, also known as generational trauma. Painful trauma can affect everything from how we engage intimacy and sexuality to the gender roles we adopt, leaving a lasting impact on our ability to connect authentically and heal. So, whether you’re exploring adult attachment issues like adult disorganized attachment or looking for guidance on healing after heartbreak, understanding these dynamics is essential.

Generational trauma in families is transmitted through both emotional and physical pathways, with epigenetics— often referred to as trauma genes—showing how trauma can alter gene expression and influence behavior. This transmission often manifests in mental health struggles, relationship challenges, and disconnections from one’s body and authentic sexual self. Trauma generation, including both inherited pain and societal conditioning around gender roles and sexuality, reinforces disconnectedness and emotional isolation. Healing pathways are within reach, if our recommended recovery journeys are sought out with steady devotion.

 

DBT PE “inspired” + DYT | D-Sola. Sexuality. Voter’s Support.

 

For a juicy article packed with emotional intelligence, we explore Trauma Generation: 13 Adult Attachment Sexuality Healings drawn from dialectics on stage 1 DBT therapy (Dialectical Behavioral Therapy) + stage 2 DBT PE (Prolonged Exposure) Protocol. Further, Sarah Greenwood’s (DBT of Charleston’s director development) of a stage 3-4 she calls both DYT (Dialectical Yoga Therapeutics) lifestyle, and D-Sola (Dialectical-Sustainability of Love Alliance) community.

Her/box free stage 3-4 approach serves to offer an ongoing refinement for graduates of DBT Program -and- DBT “inspired” PUBLIC education. D-Sola + DYT lifestyle is a widespread movement to help create transformation of generational trauma in our environments. Therefore, after reading the post thoroughly we offer you a simple, skillful plan to help create EASE around related voters’ stressors- so you can be part of the solution.

Each Trauma Generation: 13 Adult Attachment Sexuality Healings shared below is also designed to help you address attachment anxiety connected to day-to-day relationships and sexuality.

 

1. Societal Adult Attachment: Gender +2024 Election

 

By understanding the four adult attachment style leanings and how they play out in your life, you’ll be able to navigate adult relationships more mindfully. Along the way, you’ll also learn how to break free from the legacy of generational trauma—whether it’s an invisible inheritance from family, societal trauma, or cultural oppression that limits self-expression and connection.

If you read through to the end, you’ll discover practical tools for repairing your relationship with yourself and others, exploring the nuances of gender fluidity, and reclaiming a more authentic, liberated sense of sexuality. Our journey can lead to profound shifts in how you experience intimacy, empathy, and community bonds, while also paving the way for collective healing.

Whether you’re seeking to heal a broken heart, confront the limiting gender stereotypes handed down to you, or delve deeper into attachment style breakthroughs, this article provides the foundation to begin or deepen your transformation. It even may get you thinking differently about your voting “lens”, as you consider candidates alike who will affect these matters in our personal lives.

Environmental influences impact mental health, equal opportunities and our relationship functionality in significant ways. Remember to register to vote NOW to avoid the many obstacles that can arise if you procrastinate. Also, quick and effective time management strategies, along with “cope ahead” and”reward system” tips in this article support skillful voter’s savviness as we enter fall. Tips are shared to help organize personal voter’s proactivity, even if you’re demotivated, uninspired and/or super overwhelmed. Trust us, you are not alone in this, we’re navigating many of those feelings and energetic drops with you. Let’s do this together.

 

2. Causes of Intergenerational Trauma: How it Affects Families, Society’s Systems and Political Freedoms

 

Trauma, whether experienced directly or witnessed, has a profound and lasting impact that can reverberate through generations. This intergenerational transmission of trauma is a complex and often overlooked phenomenon that deserves deeper examination.

At the heart of the issue shown here in Trauma Generation: 13 Adult Attachment Sexuality Healings lies the way in which trauma alters the psychological and neurobiological functioning of individuals, shaping their worldview, coping mechanisms, and patterns of behavior. These changes can then be passed down, either explicitly through learned behaviors or implicitly through epigenetic modifications, creating a legacy of pain and suffering that extends far beyond the initial traumatic event. This is often referred to as trauma genes.

The intergenerational impact of trauma is not limited to a single family or community; it can have widespread societal implications, influencing cultural norms, social structures, and even political dynamics. It can get folx bypassing important considerations of perpetration when considering leadership options on polls. Understanding the mechanisms by which trauma is transmitted across generations is crucial for developing effective interventions and fostering collective healing.

 

3. What Are the 5 Key Symptoms of Intergenerational Trauma? Psychological and Emotional Effects

 

Of Trauma Generation: 13 Adult Attachment Sexuality Healings

 

The psychological and emotional effects of trauma generation can be profound and far-reaching. Children of trauma survivors often struggle with a range of issues, including heightened anxiety in adult attachment struggles, hyper-vigilance and emotional numbing, and difficulty regulating their emotions. Symptoms can then lead to a sense of emotional fragility expressed by dismissiveness and a persistent feeling of being “on edge,” as if the trauma is ever-present and ready to resurface.

Furthermore, the intergenerational transmission of trauma can result in a distorted sense of identity and self-worth. Survivors may internalize the belief that they are inherently flawed and/or unworthy, and this perception can be passed down to their offspring. This can manifest in a range of issues, such as low self-esteem, difficulty forming healthy relationships, and a propensity for engaging in self-destructive behaviors.

Emotional tolls of trauma generation can also have a significant impact on loved ones and family dynamics in interpersonal relations. Survivors may struggle to trust others, leading to a breakdown in communication and intimacy within the family. In turn, this can create a cycle of emotional distance and disconnection, further compounding the effects of the trauma and its isolation.

 

4. How Does Generational Trauma Affect Physical Health?: DBT PE Education and DYT Dialectics of Energetics and Physiological Well-Being

 

The impact of trauma generation extends beyond the psychological and emotional realm, often manifesting in physical health consequences as well. Traumatic invalidations like denying a survivor’s reality, emotional neglect and controlling behavior to minorities/people trying to recover from complex traumas play a significant role in deepening traumatic harm. Numerous studies have demonstrated a link between childhood and/or teen+ trauma and an increased risk of developing a range of chronic physical conditions, such as cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and autoimmune disorders. Stress from complex trauma can aggravate any pre-existing physical conditions as well, even under regular life stressors.

Biological mechanisms underlying this connection are complex and multifaceted. Trauma can cue a cascade of physiological responses, including the activation of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis and the sympathetic nervous system. This sustained stress response can lead to inflammation, hormonal imbalances, and impaired immune function, all of which can contribute to the development of physical health problems.

Moreover, the intergenerational transmission of trauma can also impact epigenetic factors, altering gene expression and potentially increasing the vulnerability to certain physical ailments. Suffering like this underscores the importance of addressing the physical health consequences of trauma generation, as the effects can persist and even intensify over time.

So, we encourage you to get involved and apply inspirations from Trauma Generation: 13 Adult Attachment Sexuality Healings to your every day life.

 

5. How Does Trauma Affect Social Development?: Societal Implications of Developmental Trauma Generation

 

Certainly, the impact of trauma generation extends far beyond the individual and familial level, reaching into the broader societal fabric. Unresolved trauma can contribute to the perpetuation of cycles of violence, social inequalities, and systemic oppression, creating a complex web of interconnected challenges.

In communities and populations that have endured collective trauma, such as sexual minorities (LGBTQ+), ethnic minorities, indigenous groups, or war-torn regions, the intergenerational transmission of trauma can manifest in the form of social unrest, political instability, and the erosion of social cohesion and trust. Distrust can lead to the perpetuation of cycles of marginalization, discrimination, and the entrenchment of power structures that perpetuate the complex trauma. Perpetration of complicated trauma also increases emotional protective symptoms that induce physical sufferings mentioned above.

Moreover, the societal implications of trauma generation can also be seen in the strain placed on public institutions and resources, such as healthcare, education, and social services. Increased demand for mental health and social support services, as well as the economic costs associated with chronic health conditions, can place a significant burden on these systems, further exacerbating the challenges faced by trauma-affected communities. Due to this, it’s time we receive wisdoms that you can tangibly build into your daily life drawm from Trauma Generation: 13 Adult Attachment Sexuality Healings

 

6. What is Generational Trauma Healing? How DBT Inspirations, D-Sola and DYT Lifestyle Can Help

 

Despite the profound and far-reaching impact of trauma generation, there is hope in the potential for healing and resilience. Recognizing the intergenerational nature of trauma is a crucial first step in breaking the cycle and fostering collective healing.

Resilience, in the context of trauma generation, refers to the ability of individuals, families, and communities to adapt, grow, and thrive in the face of adversity. Resilience is both something we’re born with and yet it is also a rather dynamic strength that can be cultivated and nurtured through structured, evidenced interventions and support systems.

Key to this process is the acknowledgment of the trauma and the creation of safe(r) spaces for individuals and communities to engage in the healing journey. Recovery in safe(r) spaces may involve a range of approaches, and our DBT Ed., DBT PE inspired D-Sola School and DYT lifestyle gold-standard mindfulness practices are community-based initiatives that promote social cohesion and collective empowerment.

 

7. What are the Principles of Collective Trauma Healing?

 

Remember what connects us. Food, music, loving compassionate touch, music, understanding, curiosity, kindness, respect, movement, culture, dance. Addressing the intergenerational impact of trauma requires a multifaceted approach that encompasses a range of therapeutic interventions. One such approach is family systems therapy, which recognizes the interconnected nature of trauma within the family unit and seeks to facilitate healing through a holistic, systemic lens.

Keep an eye out over time, for our D-Sola school launch and DYT lifestyle is a powerful initiative intended to bring communities together. Collective healing is stoked by getting us reconnected to our bodies-minds-hearts at transformative levels. Seeing wisdom in one another, naming our complementary strengths, giving love and being received with acceptance. Also, learning constructively and reconnecting as communities who care about humanity, well-being of our animals, our worlds and environments at large.

 

8. How to Help a Community Heal from Trauma?

 

Addressing the intergenerational impact of trauma requires a multifaceted approach that expands beyond confidential intensive outpatient treatment programs and private therapy. Community-based initiatives that foster collective healing and resilience are essential for breaking the cycle of trauma transmission.

One such initiative is Sarah’s creation of a ‘life worth loving’ and inspiring each other to live that out fully. Pop culture talk and training on trauma could benefit from substantially deepening education on evidenced paths to trauma recovery. Because we go extremely deep with top trained gold standard psychology at our fingertips, Sarah Greenwood DBT-LBC (DBT-Linehan Board of Certification, Certified Clinician™) and yoga therapist specializing in minority C-PTSD and gender liberation + sexuality calls this “inspired education” to be discerned from “informed”. (‘Trauma- informed’ approaches often do not require much training in trauma information to use this name.) “Inspired” is a word Sarah uses next to education she offers publicly to flag folx that it comes from well into 2 decades (and sometimes 3 decades, depending on the topic) of her extensive study and training in evidenced outcomes. “Inspired education” also discerns from clinical therapy. D-Sola and DYT are therapeutic in nature, yet they are not clinical therapy.

Another powerful approach is the promotion of cultural and ancestral practices that can help individuals and communities reconnect with their roots and find meaning in the face of adversity. Unless we have indigenous roots, we often find ourselves at our homes today as a result of long immigrant lines. Being connected to one’s roots helps us to increase empathy for a multicultural fabric that makes up both our immediate landscape and our world. Honoring and celebrating our roots may include the revitalization of traditional healing rituals, arts (theater, music, dance, film, culinary), storytelling, and the preservation of cultural heritage, all of which can serve as a source of strength, hope and resilience in the face of trauma generation.

 

9. The Role of Education and Awareness in Healing Trauma Generation: DBT + DBT PE Education, DYT Clarification and D-Sola Community Transformation

 

Addressing the intergenerational impact of trauma requires a multi-pronged approach that includes not only therapeutic interventions, yet also a concerted effort to raise awareness and educate the broader public. By fostering a deeper understanding of the mechanisms underlying trauma generation, we can create a more empathetic and supportive environment for those affected.

One key aspect of this educational initiative is the incorporation of “inspired education” for all regular community members, as well as community leaders, weaving into curricula in schools, organizations and educational institutions. We do this by normalizing sharing about mental health and skills D-Sola and DYT will teach on human-to-human levels. Widespread approaches reflect values of D-Sola, as it recognizes the prevalence of trauma in the lives of regular people, leaders and students. Acknowledgment at this level, equips educators with the knowledge and tools to create a learning environment that is sensitive to the needs of trauma-affected individuals.

Additionally, public awareness campaigns and community dialogues can play a crucial role in de-stigmatizing the discussion around complex trauma and its intergenerational effects. By encouraging open and honest conversations, we can foster a sense of collective responsibility and empower individuals and communities to engage in healing pathways. Moving towards a collective healing response – ability to support adult attachment needs for authentic compassionate societal relating.

Connectively, the intergenerational impact of trauma is a complex and multifaceted challenge that requires a comprehensive and collaborative approach. By understanding the mechanisms by which trauma is transmitted across generations, we can develop more effective interventions and foster a collective healing response.

 

Community Leadership Roles

 

Our journey towards healing and resilience must involve a range of stakeholders, from mental health professionals and community leaders to policymakers and educational institutions. Through willingness to show our humanness, we can create a more supportive and empathetic environment that empowers individuals and communities to confront the legacy of trauma and pave the way for a brighter, more equitable future.

As we move forward, it is crucial to remember that the path to healing is not linear, yet rather a continuous experience of growth, self-reflection, and collective action. By embracing this challenge with compassion, determination, and a deep commitment to understanding, we can break the cycle of trauma generation and ignite a transformative healing response that reverberates through the generations to come.

 

My Path “Bit” + Political Guidance to Reduce Stress

 

I step out of my writer role now for a moment, to speak directly to my communities. My motivation to do this is due to finding sharing personal experience- human-to-human, is central in spreading healing that comes from personal sharing. There’s nothing quite like it, we know through lived experience and a plethora of research.

For me, (Sarah, director of DBT Charleston), coming to terms with my intergenerational +complex trauma meant more fully claiming my sexual identity. Witnessing how gender had influenced my upbringing and shaped my existence in the world, was/is a painful and liberating awakening. Furthermore, multisexuality, bisexuality, pansexuality are all distinct terms~ perhaps, most notably, omnisexuality as the most unique and misunderstood of all those on the multi-sexuality spectrum. As a teen, I identified as bisexual since it was the only language I had access to that resonated. Now in my 40’s, I know more fully, I identify as omnisexual.

Additionally, I am very much a feminine woman at the core, with deep-rooted masculine energy within that is fiercely protective of my inner feminine. I feel especially protective over my ability to choose who I will love, how I will construct my sense of family and what will affect my body, along with my right to say no.

 

10. My Long Path Transformed into a Professional Calling: Awakening Awareness of our Cycles that Block Connection

 

My professional journey in treating gender violence started near 25 years ago. This was when I trained as a volunteer at a local to Charleston non-profit to become a survivor advocate for people just after they were traumatized by rape and/or sexually assault. Statistics show that LGBTQ+ people (adults & youth, who are disproportionately targeted by rape, abuse and gender violence) are also significantly more likely to engage in self-harming, severe substance abuse and suicidal behavior, due to their depth of minority suffering and emotional pain. After my decades of professional experience, it is apparent these spikes in both being targeted and facing complex life-threatening symptomatology are linked to development of C-PTSD symptoms from harmful environmental influences.

In my work now as a clinical mental health counseling C-PTSD specialist +yoga therapist focused on gender and sexuality, I have treated countless cases over the past 15 years where rape was a central theme. Rape most commonly is instigated by someone we know and trust. And since I treat complex trauma, I often treat rape, emotional abuse, physical abuse incidents and suicidality (due to the long-term aftereffects of the gender violences) all in one case. These cases are frequently lgbtq+ folx who I also treat for traumatic invalidation from ongoing discriminations from society (including from trusted, well-meaning loved ones).

Okay, I’m going to take a brief detour here and then we’ll come right back around. One time, I was in a peer dynamic where a white cis male (I have also professionally treated many from this population) was working on his personal recovery from his perpetration onto another. My memory distinctly recalls him saying about his corporate punishment, “all this punishment for something I did in one night.” My visceral reaction to this statement was strong. Besides the LGBTQ+ community, guess who is also widely targeted for rape and abuse?

 

Boys.

 

Cis boys who also learn that’s how to relate sexually are often harmed first before spreading harm. And I thought woww, this guy is likely in such painful denial of his own life experience and trauma- whether he was raped, hit, sexually assaulted or simply untouched with real affection, he is unaware of the long-term impacts that many survivors battle after ‘the night so many want to take back’. Dissociation- severe emotion numbing to the point of disconnecting with reality, is a common symptom of trauma and we have high statistics on rape trauma in the United States.

Many people don’t get treatment, so widespread emotional numbing is a thing that impacts many troubling approaches to intimate relationships and sexuality. Impacts spread to community (dis)connection and policies. And guess where else emotional numbing and “checking out” shows up? In the dating world and in our homes with our partners and families.

We either deal with feelings from generational trauma together directly and find supportive resources, or it comes out in our relationships in other forms. If we don’t hold emotional trauma impacts together skillfully and willingly, it formulates into more passing of generational trauma. Otherwise, we can come together to agree to do better job of facing our discomfort in holding people accountable. Accountability of family members, partners, community members set a precedent. Who else?

LEADERS need significant accountability- remembering our leaders “stage” role-modeling for the masses on what’s “ok”.

 

11. The Role of Loved Ones’ Responses in Successful, Long-term Recovery

 

Surprisingly, even with the severity of the trauma(s) often the most painful aspect of trauma treatment is the community, loved ones and family response (and lack thereof) to the survivor’s long traumatic experiences. Emotional neglectfulness, avoidance of talking about the survivor’s pain, disregard for the reality of painful complex post traumatic stress symptoms that are often lived with on-and-off long-term, make it beyond challenging to feel connected and supported when it is most needed. So survivors often become alienated and isolated and turn to “relationship avoidance/or hopping”, excess work, intense sex, checking out on screens and/or substances as escape from being on a metaphorical island from their loved ones’s needed support.

Ostracism becomes the next level of complex trauma and leads the survivor to compulsively question what they are doing “wrong” that many around them seem immensely withdrawn. Or hard to emotionally access. Self-blame for rape and abuse is an all too common way of coping with the depth of powerlessness survivors experience. With loved ones out of reach, survivors then start picking themselves apart, trying to dissect how to “win love.”

Many survivors become master people pleasers, pathologically appeasing those around them- bending to others needs in relationships becomes a deep form of self-abandonment from one’s own needs. People around benefit from these ‘fawning’ trauma responses without even realizing it. Still, the risk of not attending to one’s own needs is often suicidality and sometimes homicidality too, so we need to look at the cycle publicly all together to address it. Aren’t these issues the ones you are seeing widespread in society? Then we need to attend to the root if we want change.

Therapists need to share the load too and when relational bonds around the survivor could significantly help if further educated, then we all need to do this together somehow. And when survivor’s loved ones have benefited from getting SO MANY of their attachment needs met, they unknowingly become ‘entitled’ by default behavior science. So when survivors learn to start advocating for themselves in C-PTSD treatment programs, using assertiveness skills to stand up for their needs, there are often significant ‘push-back’ reactions from their loved ones. Every direction the survivor turns they are being crunched into a desperate corner of emotional starvation and environmental harm. Helpless, this cycle can go on for years, decades, even centuries. Hence, the birth of intergenerational trauma.

Let’s stop the spread.

 

Loved Ones’ Resistance, how it makes sense, even though it interferes with Long-term Recovery

 

Loved ones often do not want to feel the pain of their beloved survivor, nor their own pain of shame, guilt, anger, despair and humiliation of not being more of an active supporter all these years. Possibly because of their own unexamined intergenerational trauma and generational attachment wounds has left them rather inaccessible. To even themselves. Since they often have both adapted to and benefited from survivors revolving around their emotional and connection needs in the bonds, they can even become emotionally (and sometimes physically) harmful themselves. A deep desire to not face the truth themselves and how it may change their social relations, they continue to invalidate the survivor as treatment is building and assertiveness skills are being effectively practiced.

Traumatic invalidations like this are ongoing and frequent; research shows on average 70 invalidations/micro-aggressions occur daily and throw off minorities’ C-PTSD survivors’ emotional baselines by cueing their trauma. They then exhaust themselves working hard to (if in C-PTSD recovery) use skills to come back to stability over and over, just to get through the day in maintaining some self-connection and functionality.

Through reinforcement, loved ones have intrinsically, often without awareness) learned that they can avoid pain themselves by keeping the survivor in a certain position in the relationship~ and the survivors’ extreme accommodations have often felt more “convenient” and “supportive” to loved ones’ needs, so loved ones may push back and neglect further in order to keep the status quo as is.

Meanwhile, the survivor’s trauma has become significantly layered, along with super miserable symptoms that significantly pronounce their emotional, relational and even physical and physiological pain symptoms at astronomical levels. The load survivors carry is horrific and hauntingly invisible to our family systems, communities and larger society. Yet, it is hardly invisible when it comes out as homicidality and suicidality in our society.

We can’t ignore it then.

 

12. Trauma Generation Applicability to Politics and United States 2024 Election

 

Connectively, we are now looking to make decisions around United States nationwide leadership again, while knowing well that we have the option to turn a blind eye to convicted rape representing leadership. Doing so would be a way of perpetrating this cycle, while filling out our November ballots. The right to love who we love and have freedom in the choices that construct our family lives are also at stake. Abuse of our feminine producing lands and oceans through climate change harms (that we’re living horrors of from Southeast hurricanes and west coast fires (for ex.)) are another CRUCIAL discernment for wise-minded voting.
If we excuse rape (and I just gave you a tip of the ice burg of its impact generally, and specifically on LGBTQIA2S+ people (see lgbtq+ presidential allies)), then let’s question how in touch we are with empathy.

Have we lost touch with the quality that connects us most to each other? How?

A lack of trusting emotion, sensory experience and giving emotional wisdom and openness a fuller chance. Still, FEELING expressed well can lead to increased wise-mindedness and understanding. Low effectiveness in interpersonal skills, UN-mindfulness. DIS-compassion and APATHY create distance.

Empathy, FEELING and active compassion in being part of breaking the cycle of generational trauma is the ‘real’ richness of restoring humanity and peaceful connection.

 

13. Conclusion: Voters’ Wisdom and Skillfulness

 

What do you need when you consider how you’re going to fill out the ballot? First, logistics (through FEELING grounded in facts) on how to manage time to REGISTER TO VOTE NOW. Obstacles arise and there are likely to be people who will benefit from time crunches- saying ‘you have too many obstacles to get registered’ after they find out your party identification. It happens. It happened to us. REGISTER NOW.
Prioritize it because you’re a FEELING human. Block off time in your schedule. Remember that to have loving, empathic communities that care about better understanding and protecting each other- IT NEEDS to be a TOP PRIORITY.

WRITE DOWN what you need to do in your calendar NOW. Take a break from Netflix, work, social media scrolling, etc. to note it NOW. Now, cuz’ YOU CARE. Feeling anxiety and fear about this election means you care- so FEEL it. Break down the ‘register to vote’ goal into small manageable tasks (long-term ‘A’ of ABC PLEASE skills from DBT). Next, block off time each day to attend to those. Block off a little more time than you think you need. Whether it is making a call to find out where to go, or filling in your voter’s registration application and/or blocking off a day to spend at DMV/wherever you register. DO IT.

DO IT FOR US ALL. And for yourself and YOUR OWN WELL-BEING and SELF-LOVING action.
THEN. Have a REWARD plan. TREAT yourself royally for GETTING IT DONE and BEING REGISTERED TO VOTE! Pick up your FAVORITE dessert, take a long WITCHY candle lit bath to get in the spirit of the season and celebrate the recent Autumnal Equinox with Tibetan bowls playing in the background, cuddle with your puppy or wisely cat cuddle~ or snuggle lavender filled stuffed warming owl. PLAN your REWARDS NOW in advance, it will support motivation.

 

Continuation of Community: Rewards and Autumn Support🍁

 

We encourage you to keep in mind inspirations gained from Trauma Generation: 13 Adult Attachment Sexuality Healings for now. With planned rewards applied THIS week as discussed above, you can keep up joining in on our community building as you continue the reads, as we move on to focus next blogs on navigating stress, as differences and tensions build into the Autumn. May our launch from the equinox here lead to increased equality for the whole.

We can watch the changing colors, see the falling leaves without changing our OWN colors. Let’s move through this time together. Devoted to humanity, love and respect for CHOICE.

Thank you for engaging compassionately as you read -and- for your care of the many people out there who saw their life experience in this post. It is time we raise our voices. We are here for this, and we (support systems, team, cats and I) are here for YOU.

 

 

~Written by DBT Charleston‘s Director, Sarah Greenwood, LPC, LCMHC, DBT-Linehan Board of Certification, Certified Clinician™

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