http://psychcentral.com/blog/archives/2015/03/23/depression-or-chronic-shame/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
Depression is so inherent in childhood trauma it’s as natural to us as breathing.
What comes to mind for me is the feeling of being “unlovable,” and that is the seed of shame. The feelings of the parent, whether expressly communicated or intuited by the child, become internalized and automatic. And the state of being alone and powerless is so pervasive we don’t even know how they shape our lives — even our treatment.
Interesting ^^^ article that speaks about the affects of severe prolonged child abuse and the chronic shame that results. Having been blogging this myself, I see chronic shame is a huge issue for severe child abuse/severe child neglect survivors.
I battle it constantly, but I ‘am’ aware of it and that I guess, means progress. I know having introspection and self insight plus the capacity for real self honesty, is unusual. And this is all stuff I have worked out myself, I didn’t learn any of this in counselling.
I’m aware my capacity to work out my emotions, and my behaviours, is not common. Plus I can also work out behaviours in others. That’s not common either.
I also struggle with chronic abandonment depression, and that never goes away.
I have been abandoned, neglected, abused in some form, by every significant person in my life. And that is fact.
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