Normalising The Narrative: My thoughts on grief and trauma
Normalising the Narrative: My thoughts on grief and trauma. In my previous blog I laid bare the trauma and grief that’s occurred so far in my life. I put so far, as there will inevitably be more to come. That inevitability is always there for the absolute vast majority of us, from day one, it’s inescapable. The trauma each and everyone of us will experience at some point in our lives will be different, one persons trauma will never be the exact same as another’s. However, there will be many similarities. Thinking about the inevitability of grief and trauma, why has the narrative around trauma and grief not been normalised? I know that doesn’t mean it’s not normalised by everyone, and I might be wrong. However, basing it on my experiences as well as simply observing and listening over the last 34 years (yes, I know I know I look younger...) it’s clear to me that the language and actions around the aforementioned grief and trauma is so often suppressed. Suppressed through our own doing....