Isolated, lost, and depressed, I finally realized that the hurt inside me was hurting the people I love the most—my own children. I didn’t want to pass my trauma and my parents’ trauma down to the next generation, so I made a promise to myself to heal as best I could. This...
There is no wrong way to have the conversation. Just start, and let the words come. Here are some things that might help. How to talk to kids after trauma. 1. Ask them what they know, and make space for more. Children will hear all sorts of things that sound like the truth but ...
As Ernest Hemingway said, “The best way to find out if you can trust somebody is to trust them.” But is it really that easy to trust people, especially if you’ve been betrayed in the past? Trust doesn’t come that easy. It takes a lot of tears, arguments, and silence between c...
Healthy bonds are characterized by trust, mutual respect, and emotional safety, while trauma bonds are rooted in cycles of abuse and manipulation. Trauma bonding can lead to significant adverse emotional effects and may include the development of associated disorders like depression, anxiety, and PTSD...
As you can see, it’s becoming harder and harder for me to trust people. I won’t hire anyone unless they’re recommended by people I absolutely, positively trust. I just have a feeling he could be a great candidate since you grew up with him and all. Mun-Kwang walks within ears...
m sure there will be many more hiccups in the future, but by knowing the importance of self-forgiveness, I trust that I’ll be able to get through them. Even if I don’t have immediate success, I have practiced the below philosophies enough to know that I’ll eventually learn from my...
Your friends and family are not equipped to help you get out of the water. They can listen, but that’s about it. Furthermore, trauma is something far too sensitive to trust to people who aren’t trained to deal with it. You may end up off-loading your trauma onto your loved one,...
“If you’re going to trust one person, let it be yourself.” These golden words by Robert Tew are worth living if you want to create the life of your dreams and achieve your highest potential. Yet many people lack self-trust and constantly beat themselves up for not doing “enough.”...
to what we're going to talk about tonight, is when I interviewed people who had been through these horrific experiences, people who probably should have been depressed, but they weren't. And I wanted to know, why not? What is it about the way that these people are coping ...
relationship is often rebuilding trust. While many find it difficult to trust others after leaving an abusive situation, some people even doubt their own instincts and boundaries. This is where therapy can be instrumental in reaffirming that you can — and should — learn to trust yourself again...