Childhood trauma
A few years ago I was working with a therapist, mainly around the issues of the physical abuse I was subjected to by the hands of my father, I’m the youngest of 4 children and I was the only one he abused. I ended the therapy after 3 months, as my therapist wanted me to bring my family into a session to advise them of the abuse, which I felt I wasn’t ready for and still don’t, as I don’t feel they will believe me, my father has been dead for over 10 years. I also ended it as I felt he was missing the point of why I was entering therapy. My question is, why can it be that a parent, or parents, can sometimes only abuse one child and not all? I’m a 26 year old female.
How to be self disciplined?
Maybe I don’t have faith in any path I could take but it is extremely difficult for me to complete the future authoring program I’ve tried for years and really hard. I have 70% completion but I have little confidence in what I wrote and It feels just made up and really too short. I really want to make fantasy worlds like Lord of the Rings or Star Wars or I want to work at a company like Neuralink so I can change the world but I can’t seem to execute a path. Im 21 male
Can we conceptualise ‘spiritual suffering’?
Few years ago, I wrote an essay for a National Level Essay Competition. It was about, “Challenge of Human Suffering”, and in it, I had talked about how suffering has three levels - physical, mental, and spiritual. But the idea of spiritual suffering is still too complex for me. Later this year, I have found this term in Carl Jung’s book “Psychology and the east”, but it has not been explained. Could you reflect on this? - Varun, India.
Is it possible to rebuild trust in a romantic relationship?
I had an awful behavioural pattern of being unfaithful in relationships, and it continued in in my marriage. I have been going through a lot of self work to understand why I am the way I am. I feel a profound shift in the way I’ve seen the world, and I’m not really captivated by this aimless rebellion anymore. I am trying to repair my relationship with my husband. He wants to make it work but can’t possibly see how, as he no longer trusts me. Is it possible to rebuild trust or is it a ‘one shot only’ thing? I know your rule with Tammy when you got together was ‘we mustn’t lie to each other, this won’t work if we lie’. Keen to hear your thoughts on if it’s possible, and if so, how to go about doing it? Thank you and I really am so inspired by and grateful for your work ♥️