Tag: Survival Responses
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Zoey confesses to Jesus that she would rather keep to her habitual pattern of checking out by watching endless videos and ignoring the pain inside of her than connecting in with Him. She wrestles with the desire to continue unhelpful behaviors instead coming out of hiding because she is safe with Jesus now.
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“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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“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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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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Hidden—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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A poem about understanding emotional flashbacks, which results in us feeling as helpless & hopeless as we felt as kids, even though we are now adults.