Congratulations on crying! I feel lucky in some sense that the trans experience forced me to confront my feelings in various ways, cuz hoowhee I was also an expert in intellectualizing them. Somatic therapy has been wonderful for accessing those vulnerable parts of myself that only felt safe by withdrawing and dealing with it by myself, alone.
I'm so glad you watched the end of Encanto! It has been the source of multiple Very Good Cries for me; the other for me has been Everything Everywhere All at Once. I've seen it eighteen times now and almost every time I'm sobbing for the last 40 minutes. It's so good. It heals part of my inner child.
Thank you for sharing your journey. This was really lovely. I'm going to see if my book club is down for When You Trap a Tiger.
I was much like you for many years I was protecting my feelings. Then my husband died and I couldn’t protect my feelings I couldn’t control the tears or the wailing or the sorrow came from inside of me that I had never experienced before often times falling to my knees because I couldn’t hold up Another second knowing he was gone. Some days I think I can’t stop crying., Some days It’s difficult to go into the grocery store and have somebody ask how I am. The tears start to fall from my eyes and I quickly complete my task and run for the door because I don’t know if I will fall apart. It has been several months since he passed and still the tears fall for the 34 years we spent together.
Congratulations on crying! I feel lucky in some sense that the trans experience forced me to confront my feelings in various ways, cuz hoowhee I was also an expert in intellectualizing them. Somatic therapy has been wonderful for accessing those vulnerable parts of myself that only felt safe by withdrawing and dealing with it by myself, alone.
I'm so glad you watched the end of Encanto! It has been the source of multiple Very Good Cries for me; the other for me has been Everything Everywhere All at Once. I've seen it eighteen times now and almost every time I'm sobbing for the last 40 minutes. It's so good. It heals part of my inner child.
Thank you for sharing your journey. This was really lovely. I'm going to see if my book club is down for When You Trap a Tiger.
I was much like you for many years I was protecting my feelings. Then my husband died and I couldn’t protect my feelings I couldn’t control the tears or the wailing or the sorrow came from inside of me that I had never experienced before often times falling to my knees because I couldn’t hold up Another second knowing he was gone. Some days I think I can’t stop crying., Some days It’s difficult to go into the grocery store and have somebody ask how I am. The tears start to fall from my eyes and I quickly complete my task and run for the door because I don’t know if I will fall apart. It has been several months since he passed and still the tears fall for the 34 years we spent together.
thanks for sharing, Carrie. I'm so sorry for your loss. 💔
Very good article!