Trauma, The Past and The Loops

Trauma Isn’t Just the Past—It’s the Loop You’re Still In

Trauma isn’t just about revisiting what happened to you.

It’s about recognising the patterns it left behind—and choosing to grow beyond them.

You might think you’ve “done the work” because you’ve looked into your past. But true healing goes deeper. It shows up in how you set boundaries. How you speak (or don’t speak) your truth. How you respond when something triggers that old wound.

Trauma can keep you trapped in loops—reactive, shut down, defensive, people-pleasing, silent, explosive, frozen. And here’s the thing: most of us aren’t even aware when we’re in one.

But awareness changes everything.

When you catch yourself spiraling, acting out, shutting down—or even just feeling way out of proportion to what’s in front of you—that’s a clue. That’s your trauma talking. That’s your moment to pause and ask:

“Is this about now? Or is this an echo of then?”

Growth starts when you stop being ruled by the past. When you choose differently, respond differently. Even if it’s uncomfortable. Even if it’s unfamiliar. That’s the work.

And when you become aware of your own loops, you start seeing them in others too.

You might notice someone reacting like a child—not because they’re immature, but because they’re stuck in the moment their trauma froze them in time.

Compassion helps. But so does clarity.

You don’t have to take on their pain—but you can recognize it for what it is.

We’re all learning how to be more of who we really are—underneath the survival responses, underneath the noise.

Awareness is the key.

And awareness, over time, becomes freedom.

LL & Cortex

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