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Clinging to pain like a safety blanket #psychology #trauma

20 Jun 2026 · 0 min

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In this brief spoken‑word reflection, the narrator recounts a person who, after years of therapy, reading, and group work, asks his "higher self" to take on the emotional "weight" he has been carrying. He delivers the request with rehearsed certainty, believing he is ready to let go. The higher self, however, remains silent before responding that the person is not actually ready to release the pain because he is still "wearing" it. The piece uses the metaphor of weight as a safety blanket, highlighting the paradox that even when we think we have prepared to shed trauma, we may still be clinging to it out of habit or perceived protection.

He asked the higher self to take the weight. That was the word he used, weight. He carried it for years, knew exactly what it cost him, had done the therapy, read the books, sat in the groups. He was ready. He said it the way someone says it when they've rehearsed it enough times that they start to believe it. The higher self went quiet. Then it said, he's not ready to let it go. I asked why. It said, because he's still wearing it.