Woman Warrior. Psychosomatic Plot

Video: Woman Warrior. Psychosomatic Plot

Video: Woman Warrior. Psychosomatic Plot
Video: 14. Maxine Hong Kingston, The Woman Warrior 2024, May
Woman Warrior. Psychosomatic Plot
Woman Warrior. Psychosomatic Plot
Anonim

This story was written after one of the consultations. The client wanted to look at “his anemia” (iron deficiency) through images. The story uses the client's basic insights, not dialogue with him. After the consultation, an idea developed inside me and, with the client's permission, I am sharing it with you.

The warrior woman came to the healer.

She was very tired, as soon as she entered the house, she sat down exhausted on the first chair she came across.

The healer went out to meet her.

- Would you like some tea?

- No.

- Guilt?

- No.

- Tired?

- I want to talk…

- Tired of holding yourself together?

- It turns out that it's easy to control yourself. It is difficult to wear this suit.

The healer sat down and realized that she just needed to listen.

- This armor is woven from different social norms and rules, public opinion, all kinds of warnings. It seems that everything with which they intimidated me, from which they tried to protect, all the experience of my ancestors and people who participated in my life and whom I believed - all this was woven into this shield. My armor gets heavier and heavier over time. I can not do it anymore.

- Understand. I see how exhausted I have become.

“I carried it all proudly for so long. What for? For the first time I realized that neither me nor others need it. When we defend ourselves, we are attacked. I myself am provoking this war with the world. Behind this iron armor that you see, there are stronger ones, and they are difficult to damage.

- Psychological ?!

- You saw them from the very beginning …

“I saw it, but I couldn't tell you.

- I'm tired. I do not want any more. I want to finally breathe. All these years I could not breathe freely. Just think, for so many years I could not breathe out among all these “right this way”, “better to do this”, “better to check everything once more”, etc.

- Isn't it difficult for you to breathe in this armor now?

- Now there is such a flow of oxygen inside me that it is even unexpected somehow.

- I want to throw off all these shackles, these pieces of iron. There is me and the world around me and this world has its own life. This is not my life, it is different and you do not need to take everything upon yourself and trust others. Then I will be completely lost and will not be able to touch myself, to feel myself. I have been accumulating for a long time, taking, observing, and now I can’t take it anymore. Everything that is on me is alien.

- Get rid of him. Don't take it as your part of you.

“Yes… I just did all this because I thought I was shielding myself from danger.

“And that only brought her on herself.

- Yes…

- The Universe has a place for each of us and we are safe in it. Your place is not this armor that you put yourself in. Thank everyone who was on your way and go your own way and with your own feelings.

While the warrior woman was saying all this, she did not notice how she took off her armor, and pink cheeks appeared on her pale face.

I believe that this type of armor is worn by many people. After reading this story, we can feel what we wear and what our personal shield consists of. We can also analyze how much we trust ourselves and the level of dependence on people's opinions. Sometimes it is useful to know whose thoughts and opinions we are guided in our life.

Remember, your best counselor is your heart.

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