The Mental Health Goals Trauma Survivors Should Really Be Pursuing
Spoiler Alert: It’s not meditating 40 mins a day or signing up for a $10K seminar in Costa Rica.
by: E.B. Johnson
As we stand on the brink of another new year of uncertainty, many of us stand more separated from who we are and what we want than ever before. Those with trauma are reeling after two whole years of instability, and we aren’t sure that the next year will prove any different. While internet gurus rain-down their recommended goals for a better 2022, it’s important to take stock — as survivors — and reclaim a more practical path into a better tomorrow.
Most experts aren’t honest about the journey.
If you’re here, then you’ve probably, at some point, been confronted with a pile of listicles that promise the best goals for the new year. While many of these offer good ideas, they aren’t always aimed at those who are in the throes of processing or recovering from major trauma and disruption. And those that are…well, they aren’t always honest.
After all, it’s difficult to sell a book on a 5-step process when you know your process won’t completely heal someone. It’s easier (and more financially beneficial) to pretend that the journey…
