Obsessing over justice means replaying scenarios where wrongs get righted, planning speeches you will never give,imagining confrontations that never happen. You might seek validation that the harm was real, wanting the world to acknowledge what was denied.
Living in pursuit of justice means being trapped by the past, organizing present around wounds that cannot be healed through external validation.
Finding peace means accepting that justice may never come, that validation must come from within, that your truth does not require their acknowledgment.
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Content informed by trauma research, polyvagal theory (Stephen Porges), somatic experiencing (Peter Levine), and nervous system regulation studies. For comprehensive citations and further reading, see Unfiltered Wisdom: The Book.
About the Author
Robert Greene is the author and founder of Unfiltered Wisdom, a US Navy veteran, and a trauma survivor with over 10 years of experience in nervous system regulation and somatic healing. He is certified in Yoga for Meditation from the Yogic School of Mystic Arts (Dharamsala, India, 2016) and affiliated with Holistic Veterans, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit serving veterans in Santa Cruz, California.