We Are Not Broken
For most of my life, I believed I was broken.
As a child I was a smart kid in a very small town, which made me different. That translated to me being broken. During my life the traumas have been sometimes harsh, from being abandoned by my fiance to violent physical attacks to embezzlement and betrayal by more men that I loved. I assumed those experiences broke me even more.
When I recovered my stunning childhood memories, I knew I was broken forever.
Guess what? I was wrong.
Programmed to Be Broken
We must be broken by life’s traumas. That’s what society teaches us. We’re taught that once we’ve had bad experiences, those experiences change us forever. We hear about struggling to move beyond that experience, we’re told it will be hard, tough, take everything we have to recover. We’re taught to expect that the best we can do is to survive, not thrive, on the other side.
We end up seeing ourselves as a patchwork quilt; some patches are beautiful and untarnished, some a bit dull and some are just plain tatters. We learn to “live with it.” That’s the best we can hope for given the power of whatever negative experience we’re surviving. At least that’s what we are taught to believe in…our powerless selves.
Traditional therapies further imprint our broken beliefs. We relive and deeply explore those traumatic experiences, negative beliefs or scary voices that supposedly caused our broken state. The thing is - the more we relive and explore those experiences, the more powerful we make the programming that we are broken.
Our perceived brokenness gains more and more traction.
You Are Not Broken
After years of exploring ways to heal my PTSD, I no longer believe we are broken.
I believe that we are all born to be Unstoppable.
Society and our experiential programming get in the way, teaching us to be fearful, limited beings.
Society teaches us to be broken.
When we say we’re broken, even with the intention of moving toward being fixed, we limit ourselves. We imprint a negative belief, a belief that implies little hope of healing. Some of us use that broken state as an explanation or crutch. Some use it for sympathy while others bear it as a cross.
The good news is that we can break down the barriers created by our scary voices that proclaim our broken selves.
I’m living proof that we can do that. Years ago I was on my knees, praying to die. I couldn’t get out of bed for almost two years. I was so “broken”.
I found the truth. I am not broken, none of us are. We simply forgot our truth.
The great news is that with the right mind methods, we can shift our perspectives and programs. We can shift out of the brokenness.
We can reclaim and thrive in our truth.
We are all born to be Unstoppable.
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