The stigma around therapy and seeking help needs to be broken as it's important to have a consistent safe space to talk and get feedback on how to improve oneself.
Instead of fighting reality, it is best to work on accepting it, ideally embracing and loving it, according to this podcast. The more you wish for things to be different, the more you will suffer.
Trauma experienced in childhood can result in an overactive amygdala, leading to increased responsiveness to emotional stimuli and difficulty processing social and emotional information. This can have a lasting impact on how the brain functions in individuals who have experienced abuse or neglect.
The speaker reflects on the challenge of facing and addressing personal traumas in order to achieve inner peace and describes their own experience undergoing therapy to maintain this peace.
The process of healing from painful experiences is not linear but it does get easier with time. Initially, it feels like being in the burn ward but eventually, the pain will lessen.