In the season 5 opener, Lex reflects on a therapy session where they realized that they are in survival mode and escalated all the time, and how that makes it difficult for them to acknowledge and feel multiple feelings at the same time.

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Resources from this episode:

• 😭⁠⁠ ⁠No Bad Parts⁠: Healing Trauma and Restoring Wholeness with the Internal Family Systems Model by Richard Schwartz (I've linked to a black owned bookstore!)

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These resources are for listeners in the US:

• 😭⁠ Suicide Prevention Hotline⁠: 988 or 1-800-273-8255, call or text
• 😭⁠ Crisis Text Line⁠: Text HOME to 741741
• 😭⁠ NAMI National Warmlines⁠ (text lines and phone lines; not for crisis)
• 😭⁠ RAINN Sexual Assault Hotline⁠: 800-656-4673 (HOPE)
• 😭 LBTQIA+ Support:⁠ The Trevor Project⁠
• 😭⁠ Resources for Undocumented Immigrants and Families⁠
• 😭⁠ Mental Health Resources for Black communities⁠
• 😭⁠ Inclusive Therapists⁠
• 😭⁠ Resources for Gun Safety⁠
• 😭⁠ Resources for Reproductive Rights⁠
• 😭⁠ National Eating Disorders Association resources⁠, text NEDA to 741741 for crisis help. Hours for phone and text lines at link

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