Survival mode is never really a choice. It is a reaction where the main aim is to make it to the next day. The issue is that we get stuck in it. Especially when we have not really dealt with the event that put us in survival mode in the first place. Obviously, this is easier said than done. What about the instances where trauma and crisis get piled on top of each other like a never-ending heap of dishes? How do we recover from that? Or what if we are still in some form of crisis management? How do we break the cycle? How do we get from surviving to recovery? If you have been asking yourself similar questions, you are not alone.

Crisis and trauma cause us to become fearful, hurt and often extremely tired. Constantly bracing for the next impact or thing to go wrong. We anticipate the worst, hoping that by doing so we can somehow prepare ourselves for it. This constant anticipation and being on edge cause us to be exhausted. A type of exhaustion that makes itself at home in our bones. A tiredness that lies behind our eyes and leaves us without comfort in the deepest parts of our souls. The question is what do we do now?