Mansi Poddar- Trauma Informed Psychotherapist Working Globally

psychotherapist in India by Mansi Poddar

Today I honor ALL that I am and have experienced. I don’t know who I would be minus my trauma but I do know who I am due to my trauma.

How have my life experiences both joyous and difficult shaped me?

How have they created growth ?

Trauma is not a death sentence. It can lead to remarkable growth and development of a person. Does that mean we should go through trauma? No. I'm talking about post traumatic growth.

What is PTG?

In my life, I have my ways of being that don’t work for me- people pleasing, losing myself in certain toxic relationships, self doubting obsessively, relationship difficulties, at times substance abuse etc

But

I’ve worked hard on seeing the truth of these mechanisms. What's beneath them. Whats the pain? It’s transformed how I approach parts of me I don’t feel so proud of or struggle with. I find compassion for myself and I can really stay with these parts and look at them more deeply. See them for what they are- child adaptations to an environment that didn’t help me grow or thrive.

With therapy, self awareness practices and actively creating a life that feels good on the inside. Or rather SAFE, I began to shift my perspective. I was no more unaware of who I was due to the trauma. I began to accept myself and slowly experienced a shift in self perception

1) I developed a new understanding of me and the world

2) i experienced positive changes in relationships and appreciation for life

3) I actively began to find meaning and purpose in the experiences, leading to a greater sense of resilience

It starts with the small shifts. Like honoring the body that been ravaged by sexual abuse through nourishment movement or gentle touch.

It starts with allowing the body to breathe again with attention

It starts with saying,” this is no more acceptable to me”

It starts with, “this is what I need to thrive and bring my true self to the world”

It starts with, “I deserve to have my difficulties received in a space of warmth and love”

It starts with us. The trauma healing. With honoring the self, the pain, the coping mechanisms, the adaptations. Soon this ripples out into the world , into our relationships. And we find life is held just a little bit lighter.

Disclaimer- the narrations are not based on a particular persons life. They are the descriptions of how trauma and healing manifest in first person voice.

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