As if those who victim shame in your personal life aren’t enough, the world wide web has blown the doors wide open. The very thing that happened in childhood adversity is being played out on a grand scale. Once again, the abusers have assumed control. This time, it’s across social media. They flood the comments …
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Victim Shamers are those who have more sympathy for the abuser than the victim. They are the ones who have excuses for abusers and will make the victim feel responsible for the abuser’s behavior. It’s enough to make any survivor of Cluster B (Trauma Glossary 1) abuse feel just as attacked by their community as …
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Three visual aids in one spot this week! An overview of the 4F Trauma Types discussed in Healing Benefits of the 4F Trauma Responses. Directly below is an at a glance review of the types broken down by what they have in common but respond in opposite ways. Think of the proverbial “opposite sides of …
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What if I told you that the very trauma responses you’re using now can be used as assets in healing? And what if I told you that through the overreliance of the trauma response, you’ve achieved accidental mastery in some area? That mastery is your gift, your untapped potential that’s waiting to be accessed once …
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The 6 Assigned Roles in Family Dysfunction. The scale to the left represents who endured the most obvious abuse (Overt) to who endured the most Covert (undetectable but still there). The scale to the right represents where the most trauma developed, from inside the family Home, itself, up to the Outer World (most traumatized when …
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Where the roles of the siblings are concerned, it’s best to think of it like being thrust into a play without an audition, much less, a script. There could be a specific role you wanted but you’re under orders from a tyrannical director to become the role you were assigned…or else! It’s opening night and …
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