Everyone Is Talking about Trauma, But What Is It, Truly? | @JenniferKindera.bksy.social vist.ly/4fsik Is trauma just an event, like a car accident or a hurricane? Or is it consistent and frequent events, like childhood abuse or emotional neglect? #MondayBlogs

Trauma and Shame: The Struggle Is Real | @JenniferKindera.bsky.social https://buff.ly/oc08tif When healthy shame turns toxic, its purpose is to keep us small and silent so as to try to mitigate risk for repeated chronic, consistent trauma and abuse. #MondayBlogs #Trauma #Shame

Sex Abuse Chat with Rachel Thompson (@RachelintheOC on X) and guest @JenniferKindera.bsky.social Covert Narcissism & Shame (podcast / X Space) vist.ly/47mgy #MondayBlogs #Narcissism

Listen to @JenniferKindera.bsky.social and host Rachel Thompson @BadRedheadMedia.bsky.social on #SexAbuseChat X Spaces (formerly Twitter) TOPIC: Shame as the Great Protector Click here 👇 to listen: vist.ly/3n3k45y #MentalHealth #Trauma #MondayBlogs

Untangling Emotions: Toxic Positivity, Self-Care, & Shame | @JenniferKindera.bsky.social vist.ly/4estv Toxic positivity is a deeply embedded part of our culture, and it can infiltrate into our mindset and affect our emotional and relational self-care. #MondayBlogs #Trauma

Narcissism & Codependency — Shame, the Missing Puzzle Piece | @JenniferKindera.bsky.social vist.ly/4esbr As the family rules and mottos get passed from generation to generation, we are groomed to fulfill our role, and because shame rises up to protect us. #MondayBlogs #Narcissism

Narcissism & Codependency — Shame, the Missing Puzzle Piece | @JenniferKindera.bsky.social vist.ly/4dnyb As the family rules and mottos get passed from generation to generation, we are groomed to fulfill our role, and because shame rises up to protect us. #MondayBlogs #Narcissism

Untangling Emotions: Toxic Positivity, Self-Care, & Shame | @JenniferKindera.bsky.social vist.ly/45zd5 Toxic positivity is a deeply embedded part of our culture, and it can infiltrate into our mindset and affect our emotional and relational self-care. #MondayBlogs #Trauma

Listen to @JenniferKindera.bsky.social and host Rachel Thompson @BadRedheadMedia.bsky.social on #SexAbuseChat X Spaces (formerly Twitter) TOPIC: Shame as the Great Protector Click here 👇 to listen: vist.ly/3n3k45y #MentalHealth #Trauma #MondayBlogs

To live in the body of a survivor is to never be able to leave the scene of the crime. I cannot ignore the fact that I live here. – Blythe Baird #Trauma

Trauma in a person, decontextualized over time, looks like personality. Trauma in a family, decontextualized over time, looks like family traits. Trauma in a people, decontextualized over time, looks like culture. – Resmaa Menakem #trauma

Childhood trauma can lead to an adulthood spent in survival mode, afraid to plant roots, to plan for the future, to trust, and to let joy in. It’s a blessing to shift from surviving to thriving. It’s not simple, but there is more than survival. – Unknown #Trauma

If you continue to carry bricks from your past, you will end up building the same house. – Unknown #Trauma #MentalHealth

"Drug abuse and self-harm are often symptoms of much bigger issues. And it almost always stems from a childhood filled with trauma.” — Russell Brand #Trauma

“Why bother (telling your story)? Because right now there is someone out there with a wound in the exact shape of your words.” — Sean Thomas Dougherty #Trauma

Childhood Wounds and the Legacy of Shame | Richard Nicastro, Ph.D. https://buff.ly/HyUcBxr "One of the most damaging outcomes of childhood trauma and neglect is the emotional injury of feeling unworthy. #Trauma #Shame

“Your survival response is not a moral failing. An abnormal reaction to an abnormal situation is normal behavior.” — Viktor Frankl #Trauma #MentalHealth

Listen to @JenniferKindera.bsky.social and host Rachel Thompson @BadRedheadMedia.bsky.social on #SexAbuseChat X Spaces (formerly Twitter) TOPIC: Shame as the Great Protector Click here 👇 to listen: vist.ly/3n3k45y #MentalHealth #Trauma #MondayBlogs

Listen to @JenniferKindera.bsky.social and host Rachel Thompson @BadRedheadMedia.bsky.social on #SexAbuseChat X Spaces (formerly Twitter) TOPIC: Shame as the Great Protector Click here 👇 to listen: vist.ly/3n3k45y #MentalHealth #Trauma #MondayBlogs

Untangling Emotions: Toxic Positivity, Self-Care, & Shame | @JenniferKindera.bsky.social vist.ly/49fyc Toxic positivity is a deeply embedded part of our culture, and it can infiltrate into our mindset and affect our emotional and relational self-care. #MondayBlogs #Trauma

Narcissism & Codependency — Shame, the Missing Puzzle Piece | @JenniferKindera.bsky.social vist.ly/49gra As the family rules and mottos get passed from generation to generation, we are groomed to fulfill our role, and because shame rises up to protect us. #MondayBlogs #Narcissism

As an adult with C-PTSD, we may have parts that stopped loving ourselves. If you feel invalidated, dismissed, minimized by others, and have low self-worth, Trauma Coach @jenniferkindera.bsky.social may be able to help. Don't you deserve to heal? buff.ly/3R2ewHY #Trauma #Healing

"I can’t pinpoint exactly when I laughed again..I just know that 1 day a little burble of laughter bubbled up. It was #unexpected & I felt like I wanted to turn around and say who did that? Who made that sound? & it was me.": buff.ly/2rD2HXs by @Jenniferkindera.bsky.social #healing #grief #loss

💚 Motherhood Is Another Country, One That I Will Never Know by @MargaretWhitford.bsky.social vist.ly/4bw94 “Do you have children?” is a question I’ve grown used to hearing whenever I meet someone for the first time. And yet after all these years, I still hesitate over my answer. #MondayBlogs

💚 Finding Refuge in Marriage: Turning a Painful Past into Lifetime Love | @MargaretWhitford.bsky.social https://buff.ly/iGS23F4 Refuge can refer to shelter or protection from danger or distress, but it can also refer to a feeling of being seen and cherished, of belonging. #MondayBlogs

"There is a ghost who walks my garden each night, summer or winter, rain or snow, and this ghost causes quite a furor in the village." The Ghost Walk | @DrAlexandriaSZ.bsky.social https://buff.ly/46kv6Jv #Poem #Memoir #Divorce #MondayBlogs

The Alexandria Papers Newsletter #155 | @DrAlexandriaSZ.bsky.social vist.ly/4ckup #Migraine #MentalHealth #Poem #Memoir

Holiday (memoir, poem) | @DrAlexandriaSZ.bsky.social vist.ly/47pzj Late this morning your first wife phoned, from where it is not raining: your three children huddled around, chirping, while the cat lapped milk from their cereal bowls. #MondayBlogs #Poem #Memoir

Should, Should Not (a poem) | @DrAlexandriaSZ.bsky.social vist.ly/47n9p A woman should not love a man, but if she does, she should keep the child of their breath close to her heart. A man, when he loves a woman, should not use words that are dear to her... #MondayBlogs

Narcissism & Codependency — Shame, the Missing Puzzle Piece | @JenniferKindera.bsky.social vist.ly/49gra As the family rules and mottos get passed from generation to generation, we are groomed to fulfill our role, and because shame rises up to protect us. #MondayBlogs #Narcissism

Untangling Emotions: Toxic Positivity, Self-Care, & Shame | @JenniferKindera.bsky.social vist.ly/49fyc Toxic positivity is a deeply embedded part of our culture, and it can infiltrate into our mindset and affect our emotional and relational self-care. #MondayBlogs #Trauma

Listen to @JenniferKindera.bsky.social and host Rachel Thompson @BadRedheadMedia.bsky.social on #SexAbuseChat X Spaces (formerly Twitter) TOPIC: Shame as the Great Protector Click here 👇 to listen: vist.ly/3n3k45y #MentalHealth #Trauma #MondayBlogs

As adults with #CPTSD, we may have parts that didn't stop loving their abusive caregivers but stopped loving ourselves. If you often feel invalidated/ minimized by others, Internal Family Systems (Parts) Practitioner @JenniferKindera.bsky.social may be able to help. https://buff.ly/nJORjRl #Trauma

Narcissism & Codependency — Shame, the Missing Puzzle Piece | @JenniferKindera.bsky.social vist.ly/49gra As the family rules and mottos get passed from generation to generation, we are groomed to fulfill our role, and because shame rises up to protect us. #MondayBlogs #Narcissism

Untangling Emotions: Toxic Positivity, Self-Care, & Shame | @JenniferKindera.bsky.social vist.ly/49fyc Toxic positivity is a deeply embedded part of our culture, and it can infiltrate into our mindset and affect our emotional and relational self-care. #MondayBlogs #Trauma

Listen to @JenniferKindera.bsky.social and host Rachel Thompson @BadRedheadMedia.bsky.social on #SexAbuseChat X Spaces (formerly Twitter) TOPIC: Shame as the Great Protector Click here 👇 to listen: vist.ly/3n3k45y #MentalHealth #Trauma #MondayBlogs

Sex Abuse Chat with Rachel Thompson (@RachelintheOC on X) and guest @JenniferKindera.bsky.social Covert Narcissism & Shame (podcast / X Space) vist.ly/48m5t #MondayBlogs #Narcissism

Trauma and Shame: The Struggle Is Real | @JenniferKindera.bsky.social https://buff.ly/oc08tif When healthy shame turns toxic, its purpose is to keep us small and silent so as to try to mitigate risk for repeated chronic, consistent trauma and abuse. #MondayBlogs #Trauma #Shame

Everyone Is Talking about Trauma, But What Is It, Truly? | @JenniferKindera.bksy.social https://buff.ly/HCUwrkL Is trauma just an event, like a car accident or a hurricane? Or is it consistent and frequent events, like childhood abuse or emotional neglect? #MondayBlogs

As adults with #CPTSD, we may have parts that didn't stop loving their abusive caregivers but stopped loving ourselves. If you often feel invalidated/ minimized by others, Internal Family Systems (Parts) Practitioner @JenniferKindera.bsky.social may be able to help. https://buff.ly/nJORjRl #Trauma

“Your survival response is not a moral failing. An abnormal reaction to an abnormal situation is normal behavior.” — Viktor Frankl #Trauma #MentalHealth

Everyone Is Talking about Trauma, But What Is It, Truly? | @JenniferKindera.bksy.social https://buff.ly/HCUwrkL Is trauma just an event, like a car accident or a hurricane? Or is it consistent and frequent events, like childhood abuse or emotional neglect? #MondayBlogs

Trauma and Shame: The Struggle Is Real | @JenniferKindera.bsky.social https://buff.ly/oc08tif When healthy shame turns toxic, its purpose is to keep us small and silent so as to try to mitigate risk for repeated chronic, consistent trauma and abuse. #MondayBlogs #Trauma #Shame

Sex Abuse Chat with Rachel Thompson (@RachelintheOC on X) and guest @JenniferKindera.bsky.social Covert Narcissism & Shame (podcast / X Space) vist.ly/47mgy #MondayBlogs #Narcissism

Childhood Wounds and the Legacy of Shame | Richard Nicastro, Ph.D. https://buff.ly/HyUcBxr "One of the most damaging outcomes of childhood trauma and neglect is the emotional injury of feeling unworthy. #Trauma #Shame

“Why bother (telling your story)? Because right now there is someone out there with a wound in the exact shape of your words.” — Sean Thomas Dougherty #Trauma

Narcissism & Codependency — Shame, the Missing Puzzle Piece | @JenniferKindera.bsky.social https://ow.ly/eEkf50VNRUW As the family rules and mottos get passed from generation to generation, we are groomed to fulfill our role, and because shame rises up to protect us. #MondayBlogs #Narcissism

Untangling Emotions: Toxic Positivity, Self-Care, & Shame | @JenniferKindera.bsky.social https://ow.ly/suuR50VNRM4 Toxic positivity is a deeply embedded part of our culture, and it can infiltrate into our mindset and affect our emotional and relational self-care. #MondayBlogs #Trauma

Listen to @JenniferKindera.bsky.social and host Rachel Thompson @BadRedheadMedia.bsky.social on #SexAbuseChat X Spaces (formerly Twitter) TOPIC: Shame as the Great Protector Click here 👇 to listen: vist.ly/3n3k45y #MentalHealth #Trauma #MondayBlogs

As adults with #CPTSD, we may have parts that didn't stop loving their abusive caregivers but stopped loving ourselves. If you often feel invalidated/ minimized by others, Internal Family Systems (Parts) Practitioner @JenniferKindera.bsky.social may be able to help. https://buff.ly/nJORjRl #Trauma