Our internal crying and the difficulty of asking for help

“I have dreams that I drown,” “I feel that I can’t breathe sometimes,” “I don’t know what to do, I just want to run.” Many of my patients come to see me with these complaints very often. These complaints are always in the realm of the unknown, which worries my patients deeply. I’ve been working with different communities, ages and populations for the last ten years and I’ve observed difficulty looking within ourselves and all the pain stuck ther…