I love onions
One of the things I have been always grateful for is the purity of my heart that I still carry with me despite what I had to face and still am dealing with. I realize that everything is connected and that at one point I have contributed and still am contributing to the situation I am in. To make changes and heal is hard due to the ongoing abuse, not only by others but as well by myself.
Sadly it’s common for those dealing with the aftermath of trauma that we are enabling the abuse toward us and even worse is in fact abusing ourselves. Putting myself down, feeling ashamed of things out of my control, Feeling guilty of things that are not my fault. and blaming myself for things I am not responsible for are all results of trauma.
I feel lost, like in a maze, fear like in rollercoaster in a nightmare, I know I need to take good care of myself and I’m trying, every day again no matter the hardships I run in to over and over again Because trauma responses are not just like that to be fixed. Like with CPTSD everything is intertwined with each other and the complexity is underestimated. As they say, you don’t know what it is until you walked in their shoes.
Shrek: For your information, there’s a lot more to ogres than people think.
Donkey: Example?
Shrek: Example? Okay, er… ogres… are… like onions.
Donkey: [sniffs onion] They stink?
Shrek: Yes…NO!
Donkey: Or they make you cry.
Shrek: No!
Donkey: Oh, you leave them out in the sun and they turn brown and start sproutin’ little white hairs.
Shrek: NO! LAYERS! Onions have layers. OGRES have layers. Onions have layers… you get it. We both have layers.
Donkey: Oh, you both have layers. [pause] You know, not everybody likes onions. [pause] CAKES! Everybody loves cakes! Cakes have layers!
Shrek: [restraining temper] I don’t care… what everyone likes. Ogres. Are not. Like cakes!
Donkey: You know what else everybody likes? Parfaits. Have you ever met a person, you say, “Let’s get some parfait,” they say, “Heck no, I don’t like no parfait”? Parfaits are delicious.
Shrek: NOOO!!! YOU DENSE, IRRITATING, MINIATURE BEAST OF BURDEN! Ogres are like onions! End of story! Bye bye! [whispers] See you later!
[pause]
Donkey: Parfaits may probably be the most delicious thing on the whole dang planet!
Shrek: You know… I think I preferred you humming…
Shrek said it so well. You know what, I am like an ogre too, but then you are not there yet. add the chaos of a boll of wool all tangled up. and no not just one long thread but also a lot of little lose threads tangled up in that same ball. Maybe one day If I can find the space to heal I can be an ogre too without that ball of entangled wool effect.
I love onions by the way. Besides their taste when prepared in various ways and combined with a wide variety of dishes they have several health benefits. Onions consist mostly of water, carbs, and fiber. Their main fibers can feed the friendly bacteria in your gut, though they may cause digestive problems for some. Onions contain decent amounts of vitamin C, folate, vitamin B6, and potassium, which provide a number of benefits. They are rich in plant compounds and antioxidants, especially quercetin and sulfur-containing compounds. The colorful onions, such as yellow or red ones, pack more antioxidants than white ones. They can lower blood sugar levels, improve bone health, and reduce the risk of several types of cancers. They have also been linked to improved bone health
Raw onion may cause bad breath and can cause eye and mouth irritation. Onions may be toxic to some animals and like I said before they can cause digestive problems for some people and on rare occasions an allergic reaction.
