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Read more: How to Go Numb“Going Numb” happens when life becomes too scary, too overwhelming for kids who do not have nurturing and safe-enough caregivers to help them through painful things. It is a survival mechanism that prevents them from fully feeling terror and fear.
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Read more: Will You, Jesus, Take Care of Me?Zoey is wrestling with trusting Jesus to protect and care for the precious burdens she has been carrying most of her life.
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Read more: Find Me!Sometimes we feel lost and confused about who we are. We seem to be a shell of who we used to be. This is where Zoey is at as she pours out her heart to Jesus, telling Him all about it and asking Him to care for her.
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Read more: Turn! Turn Back!Just like parents want to be wanted by their adult kids, Creator wants to be wanted by us, too. He celebrates when we turn towards Him. He also celebrates when we turn back towards Him after we’ve drifted or turned away.
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Read more: Little Feet“Little Feet” helps people who had hard childhoods look back at their lives as kids with more compassion and less judgment. It shows people how their little feet might be taking them into danger today.
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Read more: Jesus KnowsZoey feels shame over being triggered so easily and struggles with some people judging her harshly. She’s wrestling with laying that shame down so she can experience deep joy and gratitude that comes from the good work Jesus is doing inside of her and the hard work she is putting in, to change & heal.
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Read more: Loved (Even When Checked Out)Many people who survived childhood abuse habitually & unconsciously check out (dissociate) and feel numb. This poem is about Zoey beginning to believe Jesus could love her when she’s checked out and using addictive behaviors in her efforts to not be overwhelmed by pain.
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Read more: She is NOT a Mistake (even though she thinks she is)Some people believe not only that making mistakes are bad, but that they are a mistake. Zoey is in the process of replacing that belief with the truth that she is NOT a mistake, but deeply wanted and loved by Jesus.
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Read more: Zoey’s Thoughts on MaskingHidden—In childhood, Zoey learned to hide her emotions and herself from people, especially her dad. Now, when she hides, she loses energy and feels the two masks come on. Hiding—She hates it when she feels the masks come on, like a thief in the night…
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Read more: FOG: A Poem to Help Understand What an Emotional Flashback IsA poem about understanding emotional flashbacks, which result in us feeling as helpless & hopeless as we felt as kids, even though we are now adults.