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Like -> http://www.facebook.com/TraumaAndDissociation for more The human capacity for guilt is such that people can always find ways to blame themselves ― Stephen Hawking #stephenhawking #stephenhawkingquote #guilt #survivors #childabusesurvivor #childabuse #abusesurvivor #healingfromabuse #feelingguilty https://www.facebook.com/TraumaAndDissociation/photos/a.357820054319427.1073741828.357814604319972/1255555034545920/?type=3

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Like -> http://www.facebook.com/TraumaAndDissociation for more Why Rape and Trauma Survivors Have Fragmented and Incomplete Memories In the midst of assault, the brain's fear circuitry takes over while other key parts are impaired or even effectively shut down. This is the brain reacting to a life-threatening situation just the way it is supposed to... It is not reasonable to expect a trauma survivor – whether a rape victim, a police officer or a soldier – to recall traumatic events the way they would recall their wedding day. They will remember some aspects of the experience in exquisitely painful detail. Indeed, they may spend decades trying to forget them. They will remember other aspects not at all, or only in jumbled and confused fragments. Such is the nature of terrifying experiences, and it is a nature that we cannot ignore. - James Hopper & David Lisak, TIME, 2014 @timeinc * Full article on TIME's website may trigger. * #rape #rapeculture #survivors #ptsdsymptoms #memory #sexualassault #abusesurvivors #abuseawareness #ptsd #ptsdsymptoms #dissociativeamnesia #dissociation #trauma #endrapeculture #quote https://www.facebook.com/TraumaAndDissociation/photos/a.741946675906761.1073741902.357814604319972/1179074942193930/?type=3

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Like http://www.facebook.com/TraumaAndDissociation for more I'm sorry, I will not change what I am or pretend to be something else just so that you will like me. Why? Because I don't want to wake up one day and realize that everyone likes me...except me! ― Brooke Hampton #changequotes #change #loveyourself #acceptance #brookehampton #nopretending #beyourself #positivequotes https://www.facebook.com/TraumaAndDissociation/photos/a.357820054319427.1073741828.357814604319972/1221986597902764/?type=3

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Like --->> http://www.facebook.com/TraumaAndDissociation for more Dissociative Identity Disorder & therapy "Lynn said that therapy was like separating the strands in a tangled web of yarn. It made sense that things would keep getting more separate for a while so that we eventually came back together in an organized way." ― Joan Frances Casey, The Flock: The Autobiography of a Multiple Personality #theflock #didmpd #dissociativeidentitydisorder #dissociation #therapy #multiplepersonalitydisorder #joanfrancescasey #mentalhealth #mentalhealthrecovery https://www.facebook.com/TraumaAndDissociation/photos/a.357820054319427.1073741828.357814604319972/1257573981010692/?type=3

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Like -> http://www.facebook.com/TraumaAndDissociation for more I am better off healed than I ever was unbroken. - Beth Moore #healing #survivors #healingjourney #recovery #recoveryquotes #recoveryisworthit #bethmoore #mentalhealth #healed https://www.facebook.com/TraumaAndDissociation/photos/a.357820054319427.1073741828.357814604319972/1168468446587913/?type=3

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Like http://www.facebook.com/TraumaAndDissociation for more Toughness is in the soul and spirit, not in the muscles – Alex Karras #survivors #quote #alexkarras #toughness #staystrong #strengthquotes https://www.facebook.com/TraumaAndDissociation/photos/a.718228578278571.1073741900.357814604319972/1139675932800498/?type=3

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Like http://www.facebook.com/TraumaAndDissociation for more Today I choose to forgive myself for past mistakes. Today I choose happiness, contentment and inner-peace. Today I choose to free myself of negativity and to take ownership of my life. Today, and everyday, I choose self-love and to believe in the magic of undying hope. — Becca Lee #hope #inspirationalquotes #forgiveyourself #takecontrol #positivequotes #positivethinking #beccalee https://www.facebook.com/TraumaAndDissociation/photos/a.357820054319427.1073741828.357814604319972/1155252711242820/?type=3

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Like http://www.facebook.com/TraumaAndDissociation for more I make no apologies for how I chose to repair what you broke. - Meredith Grey #survivors #recovery #ptsd #ptsdrecovery #abusesurvivor #abuserecovery #metedithgrey #healing #mychoice #healingjourney #cptsd #recoveryjourney #domesticviolence #intimatepartnerviolence #noapologies #repairingyourlife #mylifemyway #mychoice #itsmylife #abusiverelationship #heartbreak #healingquotes #healingchoices https://www.facebook.com/TraumaAndDissociation/photos/a.357820054319427.1073741828.357814604319972/1117588121675946/?type=3

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Like -> http://www.facebook.com/TraumaAndDissociation for more "If I tried to talk about what was happening to me it made me doubt my sanity still further" - Cathy Le Roux #dissociativeidentitydisorder #mentalhealth #dissociation https://www.facebook.com/TraumaAndDissociation/photos/a.357820054319427.1073741828.357814604319972/1122885977812827/?type=3

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Like -> http://www.facebook.com/TraumaAndDissociation for more Signs of Hidden Anger “Physical symptoms such as muscle tension, back problems, stomach distress, constipation, diarrhea, headaches, obesity or maybe even hypertension can be caused by suppressing your emotions... Unexpressed anger can cause you to become irritable, irrational, and prone to emotional outbursts and episodes of depression.” ― Beverly Engel, The Nice Girl Syndrome: Stop Being Manipulated and Abused -- And Start Standing Up for Yourself #beverlyengel #anger #noanger #hiddenanger #abusesurvivors #survivors #healing #emotions #nicegirlsyndrome https://www.facebook.com/TraumaAndDissociation/photos/a.357820054319427.1073741828.357814604319972/1101415609959864/?type=3

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Like http://www.facebook.com/TraumaAndDissociation for more Dissociation leaves us disconnected from our memories, our identities and our emotions. It breaks the trauma into digestible components, so that different aspects of the trauma get stored in different compartments in our brain. What happens as a result is that the information from the trauma becomes disorganized and we are not able to integrate these pieces into a coherent narrative and process trauma fully until, hopefully, with the help of a validating, trauma-informed counselor who guides us to the appropriate therapies best suited to our needs, we confront the trauma and triggers in a safe place. ― Shahida Arabi #dissociation #trauma #shahidaarabi #healingjourney #healing #ptsd #cptsd #complexptsd #cptsdrecovery #dissociativedisorder #dissociationrecovery #healingtrauma @selfcarewarrior https://www.facebook.com/TraumaAndDissociation/photos/a.357820054319427.1073741828.357814604319972/1098425846925507/?type=3

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Like -> http://www.facebook.com/TraumaAndDissociation for more It takes more courage to reveal insecurities than to hide them, more strength to relate to people than to dominate them, more 'manhood' to abide by thought-out principles rather than blind reflex. Toughness is in the soul and spirit, not in muscles and an immature mind. ― Alex Karras #tough #toughness #survivors #bodyandsoul #mindset #alexkarras #insecurities #insecure #vulnerability #courage #innerstrength #maturity #manhood #integrity #principles https://www.facebook.com/TraumaAndDissociation/photos/a.357820054319427.1073741828.357814604319972/1108978829203542/?type=3

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Like http://www.facebook.com/TraumaAndDissociation for more Gaslighting - It is not okay for someone you like to treat you poorly and then pretend it didn’t happen, making you question your own grasp on reality. This dynamic is called gaslighting. It’s a common tactic of abusers to shift the focus of the blame from their bad behavior onto the person they are victimizing.. You may start to internalize the idea that there is something wrong with you and that you did something to provoke the situation as you’re increasingly beaten down and confused. - Shannon Weber #gaslighting #gaslight #psychologicalabuse #emotionalabuse #crazymaking #abusiverelationship #abuse #abusive #questionyourreality #questionyourself #amicrazy #mentalhealth #abuserecovery #mentalillness #abuseawareness #domesticviolence #intimatepartnerviolence #ipv #abusivebehavior #denyingreality #quote #shannonweber https://www.facebook.com/TraumaAndDissociation/photos/a.357820054319427.1073741828.357814604319972/1088659931235432/?type=3

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Like http://www.facebook.com/TraumaAndDissociation for more Trauma, Isolation & Feeling Invisible The human need to be visible is countered by the need to be invisible to avoid further abuse, and the need for intimacy and the dread of abuse, all pose insoluble dichotomies which promote further withdrawal from human contact, which reinforces the sense of dehumanisation. ― Christiane Sanderson #domesticviolence #ipv #abuse #avoidance #ptsd #cptsd #isolation #survivors #abusesurvivors #childabuse #nolongerhuman #nothuman #dehumanized #traumatized #cptsdsymptoms #complexptsd #withdrawn #invisible #christianesanderson https://www.facebook.com/TraumaAndDissociation/photos/a.357820054319427.1073741828.357814604319972/1078836498884442/?type=3

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Like -> http://www.facebook.com/TraumaAndDissociation for more Hardly anyone mentions that healing from abuse can involve some extremely painful realisations - often about how badly you've been hurt, but sometimes about yourself or your pattern of relating to others. Painful realisations about yourself normally come later in therapy, when you are better able to cope with them. These are self-realizations, and a therapist should keep their unconditional positive regard for you during this time. The example below is a particularly painful one, please don't assume it automatically applies to you or anyone else just because they were raised by a mother with NPD. Many people have some kind of painful realization about themselves, and it helps them move forward in time. ******************************** Painful Realizations During Healing "There came a time in my life when I had to admit to myself that I have some very clear narcissistic tendencies. Ironically, it occurred during the writing of my book The Emotionally Abused Woman. As I listed the symptoms of narcissism, I was amazed to find that I recognized myself in the description of the disorder. It should have been no surprise to me because I come from a long line of narcissists. My mother and several of her brothers suffered from the disorder, as did her mother. For some reason, though, I imagined that I’d escaped our family curse. I should have known that it’s not that easy to do." - Beverly Engel, The Jekyll and Hyde Syndrome #narcissistic #narcissism #npd #narcissisticpersonalitydisorder #healingjourney #therapy #abusiverelationship #abusive #emotionalpain #painfulrealization #healing #recovery #personalitydisorder #dysfunctionalrelationships #beverlyengel #personalitydisorderrecovery #healing #survivors https://www.facebook.com/TraumaAndDissociation/photos/a.357820054319427.1073741828.357814604319972/1075167142584711/?type=3