Coaching practices for I'm Being Pushed Into a Sit Down with the Person Who Hurt Me Before I'm Anywhere Near Ready and I Can Feel That Being Made to Face Them Right Now Would Set Me Back Rather Than Help but I Don't Know If I'm Allowed to Say Not Yet

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• I’m being pushed into a sit-down with the person who hurt me before I’m anywhere near ready, and I can feel that being made to face them right now would set me back rather than help
• I keep telling myself to just move past what they did and not make a big deal of it, so I never actually look the hurt in the face
• They’re still raw and I’m rushing in with my apology because I can’t stand sitting in the guilt
• I can feel the wound I want to get to, but every time I reach toward it something in me slams up a wall
• There’s one moment when I needed them and they weren’t there, and even though it was a while ago it still sits between us

Practices that may help

1. Ensure participation is voluntary for all parties
   Restorative processes only work when everyone — especially the harmed party — chooses to participate.
   Restorative Justice (Howard Zehr)
2. R — Recall the hurt
   Face what happened deliberately and calmly, without minimizing it or replaying it as a victim.
   Forgiveness: The REACH Model
3. Time it for them, not for your relief
   Apologize when they can receive it — not the instant you need to stop feeling guilty.
   The Art of Apology
4. Prepare the ground: get protectors on board first
   Before approaching any exiled part, get explicit permission from the protectors guarding it.
   IFS Unburdening, Made Practical
5. Revisit a hurtful moment -- and repair it
   Going back to a painful past moment together, with new understanding, is how attachment injuries heal.
   Hold Me Tight: Sue Johnson's Seven Conversations for Lasting Love
6. Witness the exile fully before any release
   Let the wounded part show you everything it has been carrying — without rushing to fix, resolve, or move on.
   IFS Unburdening, Made Practical
7. Mindful awareness of suffering
   Hold painful feelings in balanced awareness — neither suppressing them nor being swept away by them.
   Self-Compassion, Made Practical
8. Lead with how you feel, not what they did
   Open with "I feel [emotion] when [situation]" before describing what you want changed.
   The Soft Startup: How You Begin a Difficult Conversation Determines How It Ends
9. Make it safe
   Protect psychological safety so the other person can stay in dialogue instead of going silent or hostile.
   Crucial Conversations, Made Practical
10. Meeting exiles (with care)
    Gently turn toward the wounded, exiled parts that protectors work to keep hidden.
    Internal Family Systems (IFS), Made Practical

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