Genetic: I'm actually a woman,
I appreciate greatly your input. While some of it is not easy to hear, I acknowledge that it is a valid point of view, and could be accurate. It seems like you may have experience in the field. I want to say that I had been in therapy for over 2 years when I entered student teaching. The reason that I became symptomatic was because I was severely triggered by a traumatic event.
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"Just as a jewel that has been buried in the earth for a million years is not discolored or harmed, in the same way this noble heart is not affected by all of our kicking and screaming. The jewel can be brought out into the light at any time, and it will glow as brilliantly as if nothing had ever happened. No matter how committed we are to unkindness, selfishness, or greed, the genuine heart of bodhichitta cannot be lost. It is here in all that lives, never marred and completely whole."
Pema Chodron