I ran across two of these memes so I posted both of them. Not sure which came out first. Before counseling, I apologized all the time, even when things were not my fault at all. I felt like anything unpleasant was my fault. If I just did better, prepared better, been better the problem would…
Every so often when I am planning a post, more perspectives come to my attention. I am continuing addressing the different ways that are obvious and not so obvious self-care issues from CPTSD/PTSD. This is the link to the original article: https://healingfromcomplextraumaandptsd.wordpress.com/2017/07/16/25-obvious-non-obvious-self-care-issues-complex-trauma-survivors-struggle-with-lilly-hope-lucario/ Today’s discussion is from #6 To stop always saying “sorry” (for nothing) and…
Thank you for being patient with me while I am working on the costumes. I enjoyed watching Todd’s video on how often I do say I’m sorry and in the back of my mind I am feeling that I am apologizing for existing. I am working on this. One of my children pointed out…
My adult children scolded me for always apologizing, yes, I said I was sorry for saying sorry all the time. As a child I was blamed for making people angry, for anything bad happening, and a child does think the world revolves around them so therefore they should apologize for bad things happening. In divorce…
I feel like these two go hand-in-hand. Rarely do you see one without the other. Abusers do their fair share of convincing their victims all bad things are the victims fault. A steady diet of blame the victim eventually the victim believes they are the ones that are the problem. 4. “I always feel…
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