Us Against All Odds (En)

Lane

On the other hand, he hardly ever took care of me. I don't like to say that because nowadays everyone uses that kind of excuse to excuse their behavior even when it's not justified.'

Nicholas Sparks

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⚠️ memories of his assault ⚠️

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- "So Maya, are you ready for today's session? I think we're going to hit the ground running."

- "yes"

- "okay. Take a deep breath, fill your lungs and hold the air for a second... Now blow out and close your eyes... And let yourself relax... Get rid of the surface tension in your body and let the shoulders relax. It is good to relax today. Now bring your awareness to your eyelids. You know you can relax those eyes beautifully. You know you can relax those eyes so deeply, as long as you choose to keep that relaxation, and the eyelids will simply not work anymore...

And when you know you've done that, always keep that relaxation and give it a good try to make sure they don't work... And notice how good they feel. Really test them... it's okay" the psychotherapist paused.

"That's good. Stop trying and let yourself relax... more. The quality of relaxation that you have created in your eyes is the quality of relaxation that I would like you to let go throughout your body. So take that relaxation and bring it to the top of your head... And send it down your body, from the top of your head to the tip of your toes. Let go of every muscle... Let go of every nerve. Let go of every fiber... And let yourself drift much... more... deep... relaxed. There you have it!

Now let's really go deeper into this state. In a moment I will ask you to open and close your eyes. When you close your eyes, send a wave of relaxation through your body so quickly that you allow the physical part of yourself to relax... Ten times deeper. Want it and you will get it. Let your eyes open... and close your eyes... And really... let it go.

Feel your body relax even more. You are doing it very well. In a moment I will ask you to open and close your eyes again. As you close your eyes, double that physical relaxation! Really let it grow in you twice as deeply. Let your eyes open... and close... Deeper... Deeper... Relaxed.

In a moment, we'll do it one more time... And notice how much it will take care of itself as you learn how simple it all is... Double it to the minimum. All right, let the eyes open... and close... and really let it go. That's good. That's good. In a moment, I'm going to lift your right arm and drop it. Don't help me lift this arm... And, when it falls back down, just notice how much more easily your body can relax again." He grabbed her arm and dropped it on the couch.

"Perfect. All the way down. Very good. Now the body is really relaxed... so let the mind relax; that's really what we want to do. When your mind is relaxed you can really achieve anything you can imagine, within limits, naturally.

Now run, it's the fifteenth of June and it's four in the morning... Are you there?"

- "yes"

- "where are you or?"

- "I have just entered the Yesler Terrace Park & Spraypark"

- "why?"

- "I can't sleep"

- "why can't you sleep Maya?"

-"I had cut off my father... He had assaulted me during an intervention... And I thought about Pruitt, my old captain, he, he was dead."

- "and what happened with your father three weeks before June 15?"

-"I told him I was bisexual and that I didn't owe him my captaincy... I'm a captain?!"