maté enough law
only response really is to repress and disconnect from the feeling-states associated w suffering.. one no longer knows one’s body.. the ‘enough’ signal doesn’t get thru.. gabor maté
so we end up needing/wanting according to ie: whalespeak.. rather than legit needs
in order to get back/to orging around legit needs.. need global detox (to undo our hierarchical listening to self/others/nature)
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from gabor maté‘s myth of normal:
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i also absorbed the terrors and unrelenting emotional distress of my mother.. in the absence of relief, a young person’s natural response.. their only response, really.. is to repress and disconnect from the feeling-states associated w suffering.. one no longer knows one’s body.. oddly, this self-estrangement can show up later in life in the form of an apparent strength, such as my ability to perform at a high level when hungry or stressed or fatigued, pushing on w/o awareness of my need for pause, nutrition, or rest.. alternatively, some people’s disconnection from their bodies manifests as not knowing when to stop eating or drinking.. the ‘enough’ signal doesn’t get thru.. t
garden-enough.. enough ness
and a few lines later.. and fitting with avi’s belonging ness..
a sudden at-home-ness is emblematic of how healing works: when trauma’s shackles begin to loosen, we gladly reunite w the severed parts of ourselves.. t
need most/first: means to undo our hierarchical listening to self/others/nature
brown belonging law et al
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be you. 