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Why is shame such a central experience of child sexual abuse?
Child sexual abuse and shame are inextricably intertwined. As victims, we feel the shame that the perpetrator doesn’t. But why is it so hard to shift this shame? This article looks at six reasons why the deck is stacked against us.
What grounding is and isn’t
What is grounding? What is its purpose and aim? What if a particular grounding technique isn’t actually very effective at grounding? Do we confuse the outcome of grounding with a list of techniques?
Trust is built
FacebookTwitterLinkedInInstagramYoutube‘Trust me,’ says the therapist. And everything in me wants to curl up and away, disappear some place in my head, and never come back. It is an understatement to say it, but those two words are a massive trigger. Because ‘Trust...
What triggers you to joy?
As trauma survivors we all know what it’s like to be triggered by reminders of danger from the past. But do we know what our joy triggers are? And how does paying attention to what we enjoy help turn down our sensitivity to danger?
Shame is the handbrake on anger
Shame so often has been conceptualised as a belief in the badness of the self, a construct of faulty cognitions. But if it serves a self-protective purpose, of acting as a handbrake on anger to keep us safe from further harm?
Lockdown Lethargy: It’s not just the gin
Why have so many of us felt brain-fogged and lacking in energy and motivation during the pandemic? Is it just the gin? Or does it have its roots in the evolutionary neurobiology of trauma?
