W.A.I.T. Why Am I Talking?

And why am I afraid to stop talking?

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For many months I have been working with my compulsiveness around speaking. This process has been very healing for me because (among other things) it is allowing me to work through some very old and deep trauma having to do with being silenced.

I have been using the W.A.I.T. acronym: Why Am I Talking? Or, more precisely, Why do I want to talk? Do I want…