Trauma recovery

Trauma doesn't make people stronger. It damages their nervous system. It hijacks their digestive track. It keeps the person in a constant loop of hypervigilance. To tell someone they are stronger because of trauma is to deny what it has cost them to survive.

— Nate Postlethwait (@nate_postlethwt) September 12, 2024

No person who traumatized you needs to be a part of any process in order for you to heal.

— Nate Postlethwait (@nate_postlethwt) September 19, 2024

Abusers will create false narratives around you, your experiences and your character. They are doing this because in order to be honest about who you are, they would have to be honest about what they’ve done.

— Nate Postlethwait (@nate_postlethwt) September 18, 2024

Many genuine people confront a family member thinking it will end the dysfunction. Then, they're targeted as the problem. The family shames them for making them uncomfortable. This is what makes healing lonely. To attempt to do what heals, & find yourself with more to heal from.

— Nate Postlethwait (@nate_postlethwt) September 17, 2024

We need to change the narrative around family. For a lot of people, family has been the most heartbreaking experience they’ve had. To suggest they owe them loyalty is to dismiss what their mind and body went through and still carries. Family isn’t everything. There’s much more.

— Nate Postlethwait (@nate_postlethwt) September 15, 2024