Becky meets a new man, Victor, in Chapter 6 of her memoir, Beyond the Great Abyss, and she is swept away with excitement and hope. But a consultation with Jeanne, her intuitive counselor, bursts this bubble of hope, as Jeanne has visions of crocodiles and crashing trains. Victor has a devastating trauma in his past that caused intense pain and rage which he eventually buried deep within himself in order to survive and go on. Crocodiles are reptiles, Jeanne explains, and you can never really communicate with a reptile. Is there trauma in your past (or with someone close to you) that was so painful you must close yourself off from it? Does that long ago trauma continue to affect your life and relationships with people today? Most of us do have painful experiences or feelings we have… [Read More]
