A friend of mine shared a post she wrote called Invisible Dragons, alluding to challenges they deal with in their family . She graciously gave me permission to share the link to that post here. I loved the way she describes the invisible battles that we all fight, and how some dragons are more visible than others. Abuse survivors also fight invisible dragons, so I thought I would share her thoughts here since I think the same principle applies.
It's a good reminder not to judge others based on what we see. You never know what difficulties people are dealing with. I know that I have had periods of time in my life when healing work has been particularly hard and physically taxing, and I have a really hard time keeping up with tasks that other people would consider no-brainers and things that you just do every day. I tend to isolate during these times to avoid judgment, which contributes to the feelings of loneliness. By the same token of trying to not judge others, if you are doing healing work be gentle with yourself. Treat yourself with the same understanding you would like to have from others. We can be our harshest judges, but we need to remember that we are battling very big, ferocious invisible dragons. In your efforts to press forward, if you are having a day where you were barely able to get out of bed, congratulate yourself for being vertical and moving rather than berating yourself over all the "shoulds."
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