How trauma steals your voice (and how to find it again)

<p>In the original version of&nbsp;<a href="http://hca.gilead.org.il/li_merma.html" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">&ldquo;The Little Mermaid&rdquo; by Hans Christian Anderson</a>, the Little Mermaid makes a deal with a sea witch to exchange her voice for a pair of human legs.</p> <p>According to the witch, if the Little Mermaid can go to land and convince the prince to marry her, then she&rsquo;ll gain a human soul that will live on forever. If the prince refuses to marry her, she&rsquo;ll die and become seafoam, as all soulless merpeople do.</p> <p>The deal allows the Little Mermaid to dance, run, and walk on land among the humans, but each step sends shooting pain up her legs. Without her voice, she can&rsquo;t speak her truth or ask for what she needs.</p> <p>Although she looks human, the Little Mermaid is still, deep down, a fish out of water.</p> <p>That&rsquo;s how it feels to live with complex post-traumatic stress disorder: Surreal, painful, and isolating.</p> <p><a href="https://medium.com/@elizabethburnam/how-trauma-steals-your-voice-and-how-to-find-it-again-dc862b5a0a7c">Click Here</a></p>
Tags: Trauma steals