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Tag Archives: Self-esteem
How Trauma Impacts Mental Health
I’m joining the American Psychological Association’s mental health blog party and sharing highlights of past blog posts addressing how trauma impacts mental health Continue reading
Posted in Activism, Anxiety, Borderline Personality Disorder, Childhood Abuse, Complex Trauma, Dissociation, Eating Disorders, Health, Mental Health, Psychologist, PTSD, Substance Abuse, Therapy, Trauma
Tagged Abuse, American Psychological Association, Anxiety, Autoimmune Diseases, Big T Trauma, Dissociative Disorders, Eating Disorders, Fibromyalgia, Health, Little t Trauma, Mental Health, Mental Health Month, Migraine Headaches, Psychotherapy, Relationship Problems, Relationships, Self-esteem, Shame, Stigma, Therapy, Trauma, Trauma Survivors, Trauma Therapy, Victim Blaming
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Shame and Self-Blame After Trauma
Abuse begets shame, the felt sense that one is innately bad. It can take the form of believing that you are defective, broken, unlovable, unworthy, stupid, ugly, worthless. In the case of trauma survivors it can also be expressed as blaming yourself for the abuse. In reality it is exactly the reverse! Abuse creates this sense of being bad. Continue reading
Posted in Abuse, Childhood Abuse, Dissociation, Dissociative Identity Disorder, Emotional Abuse, Health, Physical Abuse, Psychologist, Severe Trauma, Sexual Abuse, Trauma
Tagged Abuse, Child Abuse, Childhood Abuse, DID, Dissociation, Dissociative Identity Disorder, Emotional Abuse, Health, Judith Herman, Mental Health, Physical Abuse, Self-blame, Self-esteem, Self-hate, Sexual Abuse, Shame, Trauma, Trauma Survivors, Victim Blaming
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Dr. Kathleen Young: Treating Trauma in Tucson 