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In other words, I did not anticipate this level of distress until just before it began after said traumatic event. I was also already being checked out regularly by my NP, chiropractor, psychiatrist, dentist, therapist, and was already in group therapy to process my sexual assault and sexual abuse issues.
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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
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