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I’m by no means writing this for sympathy, I’m absolutely fine.
On Tuesday, I slipped on some ice and fell heavily on to my arm. Nothing broken fortunately but very badly bruised and very painful.
For a few days, I’ve been very focused on my arm.
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On Tuesday, I slipped on some ice and fell heavily on to my arm. Nothing broken fortunately but very badly bruised and very painful.
For a few days, I’ve been very focused on my arm.
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I was really aware of what it was doing and what it was preventing me doing. That has lessened and, although it is still painful, it is much more mobile and I’m using it almost normally. When I do a bit much, it twinges and sends a warning pain so I stop what I’m doing.
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However, this morning, I have spotted bruises on other bits of me that must have gotten bashed too. My knees and my other arm particularly.
They don’t hurt unless I poke them (which I obviously did this morning because who doesn’t do that just to check).
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They don’t hurt unless I poke them (which I obviously did this morning because who doesn’t do that just to check).
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And it occurred to me that it is a bit like the impact of adversity and trauma.
There’s the obvious big impact that is all consuming and very painful and affects everything we do.
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There’s the obvious big impact that is all consuming and very painful and affects everything we do.
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And then there’s the other stuff that we don’t even realise has happened until something pokes at them and there’s a reaction.
It’s so important that we help our school staff and children understand this so we can understand behaviours too.
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It’s so important that we help our school staff and children understand this so we can understand behaviours too.
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And just like my daughter having to put my hair in a bobble because we realised my husband couldn’t - 
- we need to make sure that the right people are around our children to support co-regulation and help them to develop strategies to manage.
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- we need to make sure that the right people are around our children to support co-regulation and help them to develop strategies to manage. 6/
