For incest survivors, their abuser’s needs always came first. Communicating needs wasn’t safe and therefore becomes a skill we must practice.
How to Speak Your Safety Needs Without Shame
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Distorted Core Beliefs About Love, Power, Sex, Trust, and Self-Worth After Incest
Incest deeply distorts a survivor’s core beliefs about love, power, sex, trust, and self-worth, shaping survival adaptations that feel like truths but keep them trapped in pain and shame.
Healing the Distorted Beliefs Left by Incest Trauma
How incest survivors can begin healing the deeply rooted, distorted beliefs left by trauma by reconnecting with truth, self-worth, and embodied safety.
Healing When Your Sense of Self is Attached to Your Trauma
Over time, trauma can shape their beliefs, behavior, and worldview, often creating patterns of self-destructive thinking and coping mechanisms. Healing in this context involves disentangling the trauma from the core sense of self and rebuilding a healthier, more integra…
Reclaiming Self After Childhood Trauma: A Compassionate Guide to Healing
Healing is not a simple linear path but a journey of integration and reclamation; reclaiming a sense of self that was fragmented by the original wound.
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