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“The Self Compassion Skills Workbook”:
“We all carry around pain from the past within ourselves.
Some call it emotional baggage or unresolved issues.
My teacher, Thich Nhat Hanh, calls it the seeds of suffering that have been planted in the garden of our minds.
In my experience, self-compassion can be a tremendously powerful practice for healing pain from the past so that it will no longer burden us in the present.”
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My two cents: My shame from childhood is called Complex PTSD.
My seeds of suffering have been faced during meditation, integrated to current time.
Now, healed or greatly improved, I do not think about my trauma.
It is like my chronic pain, it gets no energy, no attention, none!
It is a moment to moment awareness of my mind, guarding against ruminating in my past.
After a while practice becomes habit, thoughts fade and only visit with external stimulus.
Pay attention, refuse to grasp trauma thoughts.
Breathe, observe, focus and let the noise go.
We need to learn to be totally present, without thought for short periods of time.
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PTSD - A Way Out.com 