{"text":"When I'm triggered, I think, 'This will last forever' or 'What if this lasts forever?' I get thoughts about how I should give up, run away, hide, protect myself. These thoughts, I cannot change. What I can change is how I respond to them. Will I unconditionally believe these ideas, or will I accept them as side effects of the temporary experience of pain? Will I act on each thought that arises in the burning fire, or will I hold myself gently and say, 'It'll be okay. I know it hurts. I love you'? My power lies in these choices.","author":"Vironika Tugaleva","tags":["choice","emotional-healing","emotional-triggers","emotions","healing","healing-the-past","mind","pain","ptsd","self-healing","self-love","self-soothing","suffering","vulnerability"],"id":11872,"author_id":"Vironika+Tugaleva"}