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Shame After Trauma
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Shame can slip into a child’s life so quietly that it starts to feel like personality. We talk about the moment trauma stops being “something that happened” and becomes “something about me,” and why that shift is one of the most painful legacies of PTSD in children and teens. Along the way, we draw a clear line between guilt and shame: guilt points to behavior, while shame attaches itself to identity and convinces a young person they are weak, foolish, or somehow responsible for what hurt them.
We also explore the role of silence in childhood trauma. Sometimes adults avoid…
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