I often feel stuck, or trapped.ย
I have negative thought loops that try to convince me that if things are bad now, theyโll always be this way. One of my inner monsters insists, you cannot escape this.ย
I start to believe, even though it isnโt accurate, that things have always been bad and will always be bad. I get caught in trauma-land and can no longer see a way out.ย
In recovery, my mantra has become: Let The Light In.ย
I often visualize being stuck as being inside a taped-up cardboard box.
Letting the light in means ripping a hole in the ceiling of the box for a sliver of sunlight.ย
๐ Let The Light In is a reminder that there IS something else going on outside of my tunnel-vision and catastrophizing.ย
๐ Let The Light In can be a verbal cue that things are not always as they seem. Itโs a quiet fact-check. A quiet challenge to my inner critics and monsters.ย
๐ Let The Light In is gentle because the smallest beam of light is enough to remind me that other options exist. It doesnโt have to be a lit-up arena or complete, blinding, light.ย
๐ Let The Light In can be a meditation where I invite Source Energy or Divine Light into my system to remind me, I am made of stardust and possibility.
๐ Let The Light In can be whatever I, or you, need.
My wish for you isโฆ
You find a time where you can Let The Light In and hold space for the possibility that things arenโt as they seem and maybe, they could be better.ย
Iโd โค๏ธ to hear how it goes for you if you do decide to experiment and Let The Light In. Of if you have a similar reminder for yourself.
Big love,
Leigh
PS. This song has become my personal anthem for Let The Light In. I imagine it as a conversation between all of my parts and younger selves.
I love this, Leigh. Thank you for writing it.
Funnily enough, in my work we use the metaphor of being โin the boxโ to describe the exact state youโve named here - being caught in the traps of our minds, and being dysregulated. I donโt explicitly talk about cPTSD at work, but it resonates a lot with people.
Iโll definitely check the song out. J x