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Part of my 2025 conversation
with John Lamont MP
Why Seagulls?
Why seagulls?A couple of years ago I was terrified of them. From time to time over my life, in truth I had been since childhood, only at ease with them on holidays with my mum or other safe people. A couple of years ago the fear spiked, to the point where as a middle aged adult I was running, crying, shaking, terrified from them and hiding under trees until they went to roost elsewhere. A shivering, tearful, nauseous mess. It was after that that some other fear triggering from every day situations that I sought help. I'd had counselling over my life, at crisis points and in line with medical advice to tie in with medication. Previous experiences had not been successful for a variety of reasons. You cannot heal in the same environment that is causing you harm, survival techniques labelled as maladaptive behaviours does nothing to alleviate the fear or the darkness, judgements made (by myself as well as the professionals), not asking the "Why" and expecting mind based therapies to work for a traumatised soul who doesn't truly recognise their disconnect or pain as they are still living it.
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