A common question we've got is people asking if their memories are "real" if they "made it up" and similar concerns. This is distressing to us because it comes from a place of not only misinformation but the effects of a deep culture of victim-blaming, the denial of sexual abuse and dates back to truly … Continue reading The False Memory Myth & Memory Repression
The cycle of abuse needs to be understood as it really is, not as a fate for all victims, an excuse for perpetrators or catch-all explanations of the culture of abuse we live in.
Our culture has a huge problem with separating and atomizing us. This has a huge effect on the general world and an outsized effect on the recovery trauma, I also see a huge impact of eating disorder recovery (there is a high overlap in trauma survivors and disordered eating). We are told that our body … Continue reading Informational Article: Being Our Whole Selves Brain & Body
In culture we hear a lot about the concept of a “victim mentality". But this is a deeply loaded term. It's also very politicized, mostly used by people who fall into the general internet style Right Wing circles and the "culture war". It usually is used in the context of those who belonged to a … Continue reading Culture: Do people have a victim complex?
The history, Science and Our Experience. Many people use the concept of "fabricated memories" and some doubt the psychology field around repression of memories to dismiss people who experienced childhood abuse, often sexual abuse and incest. They often site ideas of Social Contagion Theory, retracted testimony, manipulated children (who were often suffering other abuse) and … Continue reading Opinion Article: Do we Believe in Repressed Memories?
Placing value judgments may feel right in the moments either were upset with ourselves or we’ve been trained to see things as good or bad. When we stop judging everything and learn to view things with acceptance it improves our self-perception and makes it easier to move forward and even improve when we need to.
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