childhood trauma
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I was a preteen hanging out with two of my older sisters. We were just sitting around the table talking, laughing, munching on chips and drinking soda. Absolutely nothing atypical for a Saturday afternoon. We could occasionally hear our Mom talking on the phone in her room, or watching TV or whatever else a single…
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Abject fear is hard for a grown person to process and put into a life affirming perspective. Imagine a child trying to do it. A child without the mental facilities to understand that what made them afraid was not their fault. Children only know how to internalize. That’s why having them explain their emotions is…
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The path toward mental health is strickly self defined. There are many roads to travel down, many tools to find. Some roads turn out to be dead ends , while some are so twisting and turning it feels like you never get anywhere. Some roads lead you back to where you were, sometimes time and…
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