Category: Trauma
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How ‘Unmothered’ Traits Shape Adult Relationships
Most of us are sleep walking through our adult lives, repeating patterns of abusive behavior. Whether it’s intentional or unintentional, self inflicted or towards others, we’re on auto-pilot unaware of what we do. This is pretty easy to do especially when we’ve had a very good teacher… Mother. What is “Unmothered”? Google defines “Unmothered” as…
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My Battle with Loss and Depression: A Survivor’s Guide
About 20 years ago, I suffered a second-trimester loss. At the time, there wasn’t much support or material on miscarriage, loss, or depression. Any loss is devastating—but especially after you’ve passed the 12-week mark, the so-called “safe zone” when you’re encouraged to share the news. Yet from the start, I instinctively felt something was wrong.…
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Healing from Childhood Trauma: Emotional Abuse vs Neglect
I don’t think as parents we truly know nor understand how our actions can have a lasting impact on our children’s lives. I didn’t give my childhood much thought until I went into therapy. I mostly kept it locked away, like Pandora’s Box, afraid to open, fearful of letting out something which I would not…
