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Writing As Real-Time Healing
- Gabby wrote The Universe Has Your Back during the worst year of her life and used the writing process to heal in real time.
- Submitting and editing the book served as repeated remedies that helped her move through trauma recovery.
Hidden Trauma Remembered During Editing
- Gabby remembered childhood sexual abuse during the book edit and had no prior recollection of it for 30 years.
- She engaged trauma therapists and somatic practitioners to begin processing the memory and reclaim freedom.
Work Can Mask Addiction
- Gabby reframed her post-addiction compulsions as work addiction that masked unresolved trauma.
- Addiction can transform into socially praised productivity while still being destructive and unmanageable.