Comments for Janell Moon

Comment on Communicating With Your Inner Child by Janell Moon

Janell Moon — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 23:56:25 +0000

See/Feel/Forgive

Thanks for your great messages.

The use of a photo is a great way of connecting with your younger self.
When we actually see a picture of how young we were, it’s sometimes
amazing to see the youth and innocence.

Even with present day tumbles and ego stuff mistakes, I take a minute to reflect and can feel how vulnerable I was to old stuff and forgive myself and, if appropriate, say I’m sorry.

Comment on Communicating With Your Inner Child by Leslie Raddatz

Leslie Raddatz — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 04:49:24 +0000

What I did to get over the shame, blaming myself for my abuses. I took a photo from each moment in time I was abused and looked at the photo and said to myself look at that child do you think she was to blame. My answer was no. When you can have a visual of the child that was abused it helps to realize that you were too young to stop the abuse so why are you blaming your child within? That was when I could forgive my child within and connect with her. I looked at the photo while I talked to her and comforted her.

Comment on Counseling and Memoir Writing by Leslie Raddatz

Leslie Raddatz — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 04:44:35 +0000

That you can release pain through journaling and also stress. There are alot of my abusers that have passed away and I was never able to confront them. What I did was write letters to them to tell them how I felt and was able to voice my anger and sadness through journaling. Then I was able to write another letter to them forgiving them so I could from the abuse and move on. I also wrote my book from my journaling because every therapy session or episode that occurred I wrote about it right away so I wouldn’t forget the details.

Comment on Memoir: The Scene: Write Better by Leslie Raddatz

Leslie Raddatz — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 02:34:57 +0000

I like to write about my real life experiences because I am able to remember in detail and that is what keeps the reader interested in the book.

Comment on Counseling and Memoir Writing by Leslie Raddatz

Leslie Raddatz — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 02:32:21 +0000

I learned I have to release my feelings because I know now that when I feel like I am agitated that means my child within needs my time or else I can get a panic attack, dizziness because she is trying to reach me.

I also have fainted in the past when I was at a movie theater. A woman with perfume sat down and I smelled it and now I know I triggered me back to my grandmothers abuse and the memory was too much so my body made me faint and break out in hives to release the emotions and body memory.

Comment on Counseling and Memoir Writing by janellmoon

janellmoon — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 07:20:00 +0000

I love your comments and all the different ways you have used to help
you heal. Journaling has been been proven to help better illness
and decreases stress. What have you learned from your journal?

Comment on Counseling and Memoir Writing by janellmoon

janellmoon — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 07:18:33 +0000

It’s really something how our body holds all our feelings, isn’t it?
I once had an emergency ( prescription medicine caused the sodium to
disappear from body). It was lucky the firemen got here in 4 minutes and
a friend was here when I went into a coma. Anyhow, it happened at 5:15 pm and every evening at 5:15, I would start to have trouble breathing even when I didn’t realize it was that late. My body held the memory
and held the fear. I found tears helped release the fear and gradually
5:15 became just a regular time!

What have you learned from your body? How does your body holding feelings help in your healing?

You have been through so much and you are so kind and helpful.
Congrats!

Comment on Memoir: The Scene: Write Better by janellmoon

janellmoon — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 07:12:58 +0000

I hope this writing technique helps your writing. What is your favorite
genre? I just heard Ishmael Reed speak and he goes between poetry and
fiction and nonfiction and now feels he can best express his feeling through music and has taken up an instrument.
There is such a thing as making your writing sing by using elements of
poetry in fiction or nonfiction.

Comment on Transitions by janellmoon

janellmoon — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 07:10:08 +0000

Whether you are writing or healing, the two go together and will help you
live a more contented life.

Comment on Counseling and Memoir Writing by Leslie Raddatz

Leslie Raddatz — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 06:43:41 +0000

I also found that once I was able to educate myself on my disorders of PTSD, Conversion and Somatization disorder that I was no longer afraid and didn’t get as panicky when a episode comes on.

I know understand what my body and child within needs with the help of the therapist. If something new comes up we discuss it and she is able to give me new and fresh ideas to try. I have made a strong attachment to my therapist and to my child within. My adult self has also made a strong attachment to my child within which has help alot in the healing process because my child within finally has an adult taking care of her so she does get triggered so often.