Que_Sera_Sarah :
ok! just discovered this: reprocessing through PATTERN MISMATCH. so I get in the same pattern I always do, and my brain says "this only ever goes one way", and so it makes that happen. but, if I get in a pattern, and something different happens, suddenly instead of only one bad option, there is a new option labeled "?". idk if it's better, but it's something else, and even one or two instances of literally ANYTHING other than the usual pattern outcome makes room in your brain for change.
I was trapped in being unable to even vocalize my needs or frustrations because my system read that as threatening the social weather and therefore my safety. one day, I got super triggered, told my husband some.big feelings that I couldn't shut down, and he... listened? like, he was mad, yeah, but I managed to stay in the space of "I'm mad too, so what are WE gonna do about that?" and did not comfort his upset. I was shaking the whole time. then he actually took in (some of) what I'd said and we talked about what could fix it, and I was like.... dumbfounded. I don't have software for this. what...does this mean?
and since then, I've been more and more able to choose "?" instead of "awful pattern" and things are improving faster than I've ever experienced
2026-09-18 16:39:26