Turning rage into a revolution of peace
I take part in protests and marches, mostly political against injustices towards people or planet, they both make my blood boil. There are so many things that make my blood boil that I could march every day of the week.
I used to feel angry like that too, about different things, but for similar reasons. I have also been very angry and made protests in and about my own family life.
I came from an abusive childhood that had profound effects on my mental health for decades, but I learned so much from living through trauma which can now be applied to political based trauma too. For me the link is clear. People are being traumatised daily by political systems that abuse without any consideration for what they are doing, just as my parents did to me.
Oppressed people of the world, I understand your rage and anger and your desire to fight back and stick up for yourself etc. We need to do this all the time — to keep the pressure on and make sure those who wish to silence us all are not allowed to do this. I broke my silence by writing, more and more wisdom that comes from trauma, but more and more memories of trauma too, more and more of what I have lived through. I write to heal, and to share and learn.
The sheer stupidity and ignorance of all that racist and gender hatred based rhetoric, the insanity of…
