The staircase ascends as the child Persephone grows up and becomes adult Persephone, Queen of the Underworld.
1. She must accept the dogs - Atremis's dogs/my emotions - as the first step, so that when she comes in to help Artemis, she doesn't shut everything down. But before I could even do this step, I first had to master Cerberus, the hound who guards the gates of Hell (my PTSD).
2. Accept and embrace the dogs/my emotions. I am using the zones of regulation to give me visuals and plans so I don't panic. I am normalizing the yellow and blue zones so they don't trigger me.
3. Connections, support - family, friends, Donna, community.
4. Chose to flourish instead of hiding. Be responsible for staying in the present. I'm not trapped in my head. I am the Queen of the Underworld and I can go where I need to.
5. Set boundaries.
6. Keep myself together in the face of anger, not always withdraw. I am worthy.
7. Voice my boundaries and opinions, and make decisions to change what is not working - not avoid everything and withdraw because it is too overwhelming. Assertive, not always keeping the peace.
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