Mental Illness Fellowship Northern Territory

@Mazarita I think that once we're truly in a safe space we can bring up what's masked to survive.  And I'm hopeful that the outcome will be beginning to thrive, not just survive.  To respond rather than react to difficult situations.  I've gone from freeze to flight but would like to find a bit of the fight response again.  I don't mean physically fight, but mentally/emotionally push back at the circumstances that trigger me.  Not lose myself in reaction.  Hope this makes sense.

Of course, in an ideal world, none of those f words would be necessary, but, as I've learned a few times over the last few months, crap can happen anywhere at any time.  I want to be able to choose my response, not react instantly.  Well over most of my life really, but examples of witnessed events recently come to mind as I write. e.g. vicious  fight in the veggie section at Coles the first (and last) time I went in there alone.  Just got auto editted for using a word about that fight!