You read it correctly. Life after Trauma Drama. Your interest is piqued, and if you are a survivor of trauma, you are probably stirred emotionally, as well. I know Life After Trauma—even without the Drama—sounds like an oxymoron. Who can have life after trauma drama—especially when you have had nothing but trauma drama—for most of your life?
Let me explain what I mean by Trauma Drama. Trauma Drama, in my words, is described as all the shame, guilt, extreme phobias and fears, Obsessive Compulsive Disorders (OCD’s), emotional extras, mental impairments, physical hypochondria, and roller coaster relationships threatening your ability to cope with everyday life. Some survivors of childhood trauma experience extreme difficulty relating, adjusting, and making decisions on a consistent basis.
I sound like a subject matter expert right? It’s because I have the experience as well as the knowledge. I lived with it for the past 30 years, and asked God what to do with all the pain, proficiency, and passion to help free others who have endured such adversities in childhood. God is so gracious that He also made helping others my purpose. I now feel like my suffering, pain, and loss were not in vain.
It wasn’t until 2010 that God began dealing with me about things that happened in my childhood. I knew my childhood was extremely challenging, but I did not know the things I thought to be normal had long-term deleterious effects. Consequently, I wanted to create a space for both survivors and overcomers to share prayers, strategies, and successes to help others overcome their trauma drama.
I want to address what I believe to be a misconception regarding healing. From my experience and counseling, the misconception is that once you become a believer, all you need to do is claim your healing and be healed of everything—all at once. That misconception has become a deception by the enemy to keep us bound with physical, mental, and emotional bondage by denying our suffering. It’s like the family secret everybody knows but nobody talks about, so we suffer in silence. We suffer Childhood Trauma disorders, dissociative personality disorders, Eating and Anxiety disorders, Adjustment and Learning disorders, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, sexual and gambling addictions, homosexuality struggles, financial mismanagement, shame, guilt, and condemnation. We suffer it all in the name of our Jesus. We fear we will hurt His name if we speak up about our pain or tell someone what we are thinking or feeling. Our enemy does a lot, but some of our struggles are because we need help understanding and processing the pain from the things that happened to some of us before our brains were even fully developed. A competent Faith-based Christian counselor or program like Tower of Hope, experienced in trauma and the Word, would do us good.
The Word (Bible) really has the answer to all of mankind’s brokenness, but if we don’t know how to use it to address what we are going through, we may end up like the Children of Israel wandering in the wilderness or suffering alone and silently. It’s like living and sleeping outside when your house burns down because you don’t know what’s covered by your homeowners’ insurance policy. The Bible is the Believers’ policy, and we have to get to know what is covered. You don’t have to wander—or wonder—when we have sisters and brothers in Christ who have already gone through what you are going through and have triumphed over trauma through the Blood of the Lamb and the words of our testimonies.
The truth is Jesus wants us to be healed and live the abundant life for which He died. We remain comfortable taking 10 different medications for our minds and bodies. It is my belief that if we really delved into our policy (Bible), we would be able to experience more healing. I’m not saying we won’t, don’t or shouldn’t take medicine. I am saying the more we understand the exceeding greatness of the power we have, we will be able to walk in more healing.
Let’s address the deception that you are automatically healed and have to do nothing else because God says you are. When I read the Bible, I see with healing came instructions whether it was:
- Elijah, who told Naaman the leper to “Go dip” (2 Kings 5:1-17),
- Nebuchadnezzar, who looked to heaven and was healed from insanity (Daniel 4: 34-36),
- Jesus, healing the lame man from a 38-year infirmity, told him to “Take up your bed and walk,” or,
- the man who was born an invalid and laid daily at the Gate whom Peter and John told to “Get up and Walk.” (Acts 3:2)
Even with those who didn’t do anything for their healing, others had to do something by interceding for them to be healed. The point is for those who want Jesus to do something: He has already done something and is now waiting for them to act in faith, believing his promises. The something they need to do is to stop being passive about their healing, passing it on to medical doctors, psychiatrists, family, friends, and church community. Read the policy (Bible). When you do, you will find that one of the things our policy includes is atonement for our sins and delivery from sickness and disease.
I understand this blog isn’t for everyone. If it’s not for you, you don’t have to waste time reading it. However, if you are a believer and have suffered adversities in your childhood and you believe they may have left you emotionally, mentally, and physically scarred, and you are ready to say No More Trauma Drama in your life for the rest of your life; if you are ready to declare to the enemy of your soul, mind, and body that the Trauma Reign is over, then this blog is for you. Welcome! I greet you in the name of our Jehovah Rapha. If you don’t know Jesus as your Savior and want to, just say this confession out loud:
I believe Jesus died for me, rose on the 3rd day, and ascended into Heaven. I confess my sins, repent of my sins, and I make Jesus Lord of my Life now.
With that confession, I accept all the benefits of a Believer as a son/daughter of God and I claim my inheritance: healing, deliverance, and freedom.
In Jesus’ name I pray, Amen.
We are here and willing to help walk you through the stages of pain and guide you on your healing journey by offering our personal experience, Biblical and Research knowledge, Godly wisdom, and referrals where appropriate. Graduates of the program have many years of experience in childhood trauma but have gone through rigorous training to help others heal, be delivered and set free.
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