Health Flare-Ups During the Holiday Season

For women with repressed memories of sexual abuse, it can be a reason why things like anxiety, pain flare-ups, intrusive thoughts and images, and substance use increase leading up to and during family gatherings.

This holiday season, pay close attention to your body.

Take note of who you’re around and where you are if you feel physical or emotional discomfort, and if you have thoughts you feel the urge to “push away.”

You don’t have to “do” anything with what you’re noticing right now.

You can revisit everything after the holidays when you have more time and space to yourself.

For now, just be willing to observe what comes up and how you FEEL.

The body never lies. And it’s trying to tell you something.

– Malana