When the Other Shoe Drops
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By: Elizabeth McKeehan, LMHC When the Other Shoe Drops… Surviving the unthinkable. Extreme loss & hard happen. When multiple tragedies happen all at once or close together what do you do? What is shoe dropping, much less the other one? Is it even possible in this life to keep both shoes on? Who does it happen to? When does bad happen? What if more bad happens when things are already bad? What happens in our brains and body? How can we keep moving forward? How can we support those in it? If Haley Joel Osment’s famous line (from the 1999 movie The Sixth Sense) “I see dead people” has become your mantra of “I see devastating/doom/danger/dreadful/dark/deplorable things”, this may be a sign you have experienced more than your share of compound loss. You may be experiencing PTSD symptoms and your body may be feeling the weight of carrying too much trauma. Notice and pay attention to what your body is saying. Trauma = Unexpected; out of the ordinary; creates