Crossing the Return Threshold
Crossing the Return Threshold
Returning to a place that you were injured at is not easy. Stepping back into a situation that you have to face again, and again, is not a challenge people want to face.
If you remember from our first threshold article (The Crossing of the First Threshold) I mentioned that we are stepping into an adventure where we have to face our fears. We needed to place ourselves into an abnormal situation so we could see fear for what it was. And from this different vantage point we could see our healing.
Few people will tell you that you need to face your fear and revisit your trauma in order to heal from it. Most of us just want to run away and stay away. But these things follow us. They creep into our lives again and again the longer we run.
Crossing the Return Threshold is about taking the skills we learned in our healing adventure and bringing them back with us into the normal world, where we unfortunately often find ourselves among people who are content to NOT journey toward healing.
And this makes things difficult, because they are not ready for the skills we have. Our mastery of skills can often cause conflict. They don’t know what to do with our needs, and they feel especially threatened by our ’No’.
There is no easy way to manage and master the reactions of others. And we are especially vulnerable at this point because its so easy to slip back into our old roles, bending to the needs of others when it hurts us. Healing doesn’t mean we return to these unhealthy situations.
This is a new threshold, in a new doorway, and there is a genuine healing hope that it will lead to something better. A new future… as in The Master of Two Worlds.
Minor Housekeeping Note: I publish through the independent author program at Amazon. I received an email from them that as of June 20th, 2023, their prices for print books are going up, because the materials to make the books now cost more. This change may affect the author’s royalties. Royalties are the profits that authors get every time you buy a book from them. So if you like physical books and want to support the author - the author will get more of your money prior to June 20th, 2023, if you decide to buy a physical copy of their work. As far as I know, the digital book prices are going to stay the same. Just wanted to make you aware in case you had an eye on a physical book. I don’t know if this is just independent writers like me - or across the board with every book on Amazon. Thanks and happy reading!
Perpetual Disclaimer for this series:
I am not a counselor or a mental health professional. I am going to attempt to avoid things which will cause alarm or harm, but I can't know what will trigger each individual. If you need to speak to a mental health professional please know that there are resources available.
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