This section is really about LACK OF SAFETY & LOSS OF CONTROL.  This is the cornerstone issue behind trauma

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the light under the door . . .

. . . and in he comes

he was like a dragon creeping through the forest

So lonely . . .

Bedroom . . .

Shsh!!!

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There was nowhere safe. In my own room the drawers held chaos, I couldn’t contain anything.

You left me broken but inside of all that mess, there is a little me

You’re everywhere. Let me go

I built a castle of myself and even though you ignored me, you were always there threatening to tear me down

I think there might be somewhere safe in me if I could only get to it.

I went to sleep every night seeing this – nothing rested, nothing calm, everything shifting and confusing. Why weren’t you my centre?

Maybe I can fight you, but when I try you stop me from returning to any safety. How can I be rid of you?

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