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Can You Actually Hold Me?
And no, I don’t only mean hug me.
Can I bring you something real without having to take care of your reaction? Can I be sad without you rushing me out of sadness? Can I tell you that you hurt me without spending the next thirty minutes convincing you that you are not a horrible person?
Holding emotional space is not agreeing with everything.
It is not tolerating disrespect. It is not absorbing every emotion another person has. It is making enough room for their experience to exist while you understand what is actually happening.
It is not tolerating disrespect. It is not absorbing every emotion another person has. It is making enough room for their experience to exist while you understand what is actually happening.
Sometimes the most validating thing you can say is: “I don’t completely understand yet, but I’m listening.”
Educational self-reflection only. Not a diagnosis or substitute for individualized mental health care.