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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Covert Abuse is sneaky because it’s “legal” ways to get away with abusing the targeted person, as opposed to Overt Abuse, which can be illegal, but unfortunately, not in most cases. While covert abuse can remain just that, it shouldn’t be underestimated. After all, overt abuse is typically the result of covert abuse that has …
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Hello Trauma Warriors! This was my first history “comic book” that I made back in November of 2020. I had one nasty shame spiral at the time and, as someone who gets much spiritual nourishment out of history, I thought of my favorite person from history. I asked myself: If George Washington could pull a …
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Note: All 3 Trauma Glossaries and both Master Toolboxes are now available as one free e-book for subscribing. The book’s extensive table of contents has hyperlinks to each word so that you can find whatever you are looking for in a single click. No more scrolling to find it! (See the Subscribe button on the …
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Note: All 3 Trauma Glossaries and both Master Toolboxes are now available as one free e-book for subscribing. The book’s extensive table of contents has hyperlinks to each word so that you can find whatever you are looking for in a single click. No more scrolling to find it! (See the Subscribe button at the …
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This is one of the two visual aids featured in Trauma Glossary 3: Brain and Body on Trauma. This is referenced again in both Master Toolbox 1 and Master Toolbox 2. The top is a map of the pathways of the brain and how they influence each other. In blue is the top part of …
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