Done. Thankyou for the suggestion.

Done. Thankyou for the suggestion.

In particular the sentence ‘Feeling shit doesn’t kill you, but the shit you do to stop feeling shit might.’ triggered me a bit.
It’s still huge for me to believe myself and stand up for myself.

Thanks for your reply 🙂
I would appreciate if you would also add this to the article for those who don’t read the comments.

Thank you so much for this comment, I completely agree. I think with all these things (being present, staying with feelings, being vulnerable) they have to be done in a container of huge self-kindness, self-compassion, and self-care. Those things always have to come first and foremost. Like you I tried to do something (meditation retreat in my case) because I thought I should, and it was far too much too fast being exposed to all the shame and self-critical thoughts it revealed. So taking it slowly, prioritising kindness over all else, and getting support with it, are all vital I would say.

I would like to add one thing: I was almost completely dissociated from my emotions and for me trying to feel my emotions too fast almost killed me… So be careful with point 4 if you suffer from CPTSD…

Thank you so much for this – it’s really helpful to have another example to illustrate the triangle, and to give people an example of how you can stay off it (not that that is ever easy).