Tag: ptsd
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Death by a thousand paper cuts
An article about emotional abuse with insights into the consequences of psycho-emotional trauma, awareness, and healing. Unlike physical or sexual violence and the acute psycho-emotional trauma that follows, emotional abuse is not immediately noticeable, whereas physical violence is. Emotional abuse is also the most difficult to identify in therapy, as it can be completely hidden…
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The Impact of Sibling Violence on Adult Life: A Systemic Family Therapy Perspective
Continuing the complex discussion on violence in childhood, there is one aspect that often goes unnoticed, despite its frequent appearance in therapy—the impact of childhood sibling violence on adult life. Many people have never consciously reflected on it, yet it significantly shapes their psychological well-being. Sibling Violence: The Overlooked Childhood Trauma One of the most significant but frequently ignored…
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Retraumatization
It is an adaptive response developed to cope with a past traumatic experience. If we were to observe from the outside, it might seem as though the person is exaggerating—exaggerating their fear of the dark, fear of their boss, fear of their partner, etc., in situations where, on the surface, nothing significant appears to be…
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