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If we can share our story with someone who responds with empathy and understanding, shame can’t survive.
I recently shared a personal experience with one of my interns about a hospital patient who once looked at me and said, “Ma’am, how could you possibly understand what I am going through?” I was a new therapist and It was the first time the nursing staff requested I visit with a patient who had zero interest in talking to me. To be honest though,I kind of agreed with him. How could I understand what this man was going through? He was an elderly black man who recently had his leg amputated due to complica
Sharing our story, especially when it’s a traumatic one, can be a difficult process, especially when it’s with a complete stranger. When we are able to connect through with someone who shares a common narrative, something interesting happens. I’ve seen this spark in the therapy groups I hosted at the hospital. One patient would start sharing about the day they had their stroke, then another would explain how their stroke was very similar, and before you know it, this group of people brought together by a