What Does Little Selené Have To Say?
"Some People can't see you because they can't even begin to know where to find you." Maryam Hasnaa The past week of parenting has brought me to my knees in grief, anger and overwhelm. As I navigate parenting my intensely emotional and explosive child my nervous system goes haywire and I completely shut down; to myself and to my child. "FUCK YOU YOU STUPID BITCH I HOPE YOU DIE." I have heard these words and much worse. Terrible? Sure. Hurtful? Most certainly. And also, an SOS from a soul that is in so much pain and overwhelm, lashing out and expressing his suffering with deft verbal acuity, meant to pierce with the same depth of intensity he feels inside. We mirror each other’s energy, we are stuck and depleted. "We need to bring him in" I told my husband after the dust had settled. But did I bring him in in the moment? No. I shut down, I pushed him away, I disassociated, I yelled right back. Reconnecting with him is imperative and practicing self...