There are four key ways that children protect themselves from being overwhelmed by the emotional pain of prolonged abuse and neglect. We call these defense mechanisms, and they typically have an expiration date. They can be effective in protecting children through traumatic childhoods, but at some time they will stop working. At this point, we can develop new, advanced defense mechanisms or we can face the trauma and explore how it is impacting our adult lives.
Episode 138
Episode 137: Cognitive Dissonance
Episode 136: Politics for the People
Episode 135: Johari Window
Episode 134: Harm Reduction
Episode 133: The Silence of Male Trauma
Episode 132: A Brave New Man
Episode 131: The Boundary Box
Episode 130: Preparing for Disclosure
Episode 129: Personality Disorders
Episode 128: Structured Family Recovery
Episode 127:The Narcissistic Parent
Episode 126: Finding Balance with Eating Disorders
Episode 125: Leaving the Narcissist
Episode 124: The Continuum of Narcissism
Episode 123: Trauma and the Fast Moving River
Episode 122: Breathing
Episode 121: In the Zone
Episode 120: Values in Action
Episode 119: Young and in Recovery
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