Although Mary and I had quite different childhood experiences, we share many commonalities. We were both traumatized by family members, we both repressed our memories for years, we both have lived with debilitating chronic pain, and we both have undergone many types of therapies and tried numerous self-care approaches to further our healing. We both created websites detailing how we have healed, we both have penned our stories, and we both are driven toward advocacy work.

I cover my eyes Shame held tight It's safe in here But dark as night...

When I’m in therapy, my shoulder often twitches. We identified the twitch as Little Me-10-year-old me, traumatized me, neck-pain-causing me.