Trauma shapes the way you see yourself—and the world around you.
Every experience, every relationship, every moment of connection or conflict is filtered through that lens.
When trauma begins as an unmet emotional need in childhood, the residue of that pain lingers. It colors the way you move through each stage of growth—socially, emotionally, and cognitively. The world becomes a little dimmer, a little less safe.
By adulthood, that same lens may have hardened into a worldview: I must stay alert. I must protect myself.
Life lived on edge.
Always scanning.
Always waiting for the next blow.
This is the quiet tragedy of trauma—how it skews perception, distorting what is actually safe and loving into something suspect or threatening. The curse, however, can be broken.
Deep healing, at the roots, clears the lens and restores clarity.
As we enter “spooky season,” many find joy in haunted houses and ghostly tales. But truly, there is nothing spookier than living behind the veil of trauma—where fear, not life, becomes the main character.
Seeing clearly is the gift of healing.
And for those with the courage to begin, it is the beginning of seeing life—and themselves—through a new lens.