One of the most common after effects of any kind of trauma is becoming so busy one does not have time to process one’s emotions or feel the emotional pain.
Do you find yourself frequently striving to achieve the impossible?
These photos are of my dog Pebbles jumping to catch a squirrel about 20 feet above her (looking down at her smugly). I wonder why my dog will jump 20 times to reach an animal that is clearly out of her reach. I also wonder why people try so hard to make relationships work where they are being mistreated by their spouse, work long hours to experience a sense of achievement that keeps escaping them, and try to do more than their time allows.