Lourdes Wright
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Lourdes Wright

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I was born in Ponce, P.R. I moved to Florida in January of 1981. I love fitness and I truly believe that fitness can save your life, the way it saved mine. My family of origin is not your typical. At the age of fourteen I experienced my first panic-attack due to what later became PTSD; mine was of a Complex nature. Once I had a name for what was happening to me (2000), I was able to tackle it. I tried meds, once hypnosis, and nothing seemed to stick. Then, I remembered a close friend of mine who went through a terrible trauma and she stayed with me for a week (back in 1989). At first, she was depressed and down. Then I saw a change in her after coming back from the gym. She seemed refreshed and happy. She was almost a different person. I decided to give this a try eleven years later when I was the one depressed, but anxious. So, I started to run regularly. I was getting that "runner's high" that you read about. It felt great! After several months of being on meds, I ditched them, and began to do things to alleviate, and even erase, the symptoms of trauma. There are no perfect days because nobody has perfect days since "life happens." Every one has a cross to bear. This is a fact, and whoever tells you different is being disingenuous. Having been raised in a family where "do as I say, not as I do" was the dominant theme, or where appearances were contrary to substance, and abuse was synonym with discipline, I developed almost a fascination with human behavior. I also learned fast than when something "looks" or appears too perfect, it's because it's not. Words are inexpensive, and actions are sometimes for show. But, it is the depth of someone, the morality, and the good-will with sincere humility that counts. You would think that it shouldn't be hard to be humble, genuine, and kind, but it seems to be a tall order today. When an animal is about to kill its prey, we see that "look" and "readiness." Humans, however, are more subtle. We can be methodical and inconspicuous because we have more intelligence and can do sometimes more damage in a prolonged timeframe than with a sudden attack. In fact, this is the very definition of Complex PTSD: a prolonged, ongoing exposure to something traumatic. The good news is that the damage could be reversible. In conjunction with exercise, I always suggest: 8 hours of sleep, healthy diet, reading, learning, engaging the brain in tasks and projects that require the use of analysis, weight-training, reducing violent movies or News, but above all, avoiding people who are duplicitous and envious. In mundane terms, avoiding "toxic" at all cost. Every book that I write comes from a good place, not from any academic accreditation in the field of mental health. I graduated from Law School in 2000. My formal education is in Politics, English, and Law. As a non-M.D., non-mental health professional, and non-Life Coach, I write based on research and my own life experiences in hopes to make other people's lives a little bit easier than mine was. It is also tremendously freeing to know that there's not one human being out there who can hold anything above my head since there is no fear in that regard. A part of our growth has to be to own-up to our bad decisions and mistakes, and to change the course of things to make things right and to be unburdened of those things which others can use against us. After all, we all want to bury something about our lives. But, the truth of the matter is, that someone (aside from ourselves) already knows about it. We cannot have a fire, put out the fire, and leave no ashes. Even when we attempt at cleaning those ashes, something will always be left behind, or maybe a stray ember has already started a fire elsewhere. We can never know the extent of knowledge of others, and this should never be of concern to us. We are not meant to look over our shoulder for worrying over the past. We should be comfortable with all the decisions we have made that have brought us to where we are. All we can do is take it from there.
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