Multiple Trauma - Not Just Childhood

[ReachingOutJ]

I hope you have a therapist you can trust to tell you that your shame is unfounded. It is natural...

Spot on.

 

[Deleted member 30331]

Spot on.

@ReachingOutJ

 

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@ReachingOutJ

One question you might ask your therapist is: "What really is the feeling of shame? Can it be defined as something else? You might find that "shame" is what people wanted you to feel, instead of feeling it themselves. Then you can decide what YOU choose to call it. I unloaded tons of lifelong shame because of a birth defect, of all things. Finally called it what it was. I was just different, not "one of" the ignorant, cruel people (not family) who taunted me. They don't matter anymore. They are stuck with each other and themselves for life.