Displacement

At Emotion Station we always talk about routine and structure and how it keeps us calm and brings security, safety, and trust. But sometimes life on life‘s terms takes that all away from us.  At any given moment everything that has made us comfortable can be taken away leaving us displaced. We may not want it that way, we may not choose it that way, but now we have to find a way to start slowly building that safety and security back in a new form.  The grief of displacement makes us feel beaten, battered, and little motivation to pick ourselves up.  Shuffling through the different grief stages keeps us in panic mode and out of the productivity we need to transition to healing and recovery.

Whether it be people, places, or things all of these we keep close to us and all of them bring us a sense of warmth or closeness to community. When this security is taken away we feel alone, confused, and uneducated about how to start the rebuilding process.  Symptoms of displacement include anxiety, stress, depression, confusion, discombobulation, and feelings of panic. In displacement one can easily forget what day it is, what time it is, what obligations they have made, and what responsibilities or roles they need to play

At Emotion Station we always work hard on small change will be able to drive larger change.  When facing displacement it is too overwhelming to look at the big picture so we work on starting small and creating one small step towards that rebuilding process then celebrating it and creating one more small step.  With the small steps we create momentum for larger change which in time can create a new place of placement never replacing the old but gaining comfort with the new.  If you are in a place of displacement contact Emotion Station today to start the journey back to some small place of normalcy.  239-317-3115.