29. Simone Saunders: A Trauma-Informed Therapist On Creating Boundaries & Healthy Coping Mechanisms
Spiraling Higher
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I'm Not Traumatized, Right?
Dean Obeidallah: When we go with shame as a way to stop behaviors, if it works, it only works very temporarily. "Shame really just suppresses these feelings," he says of anger and other coping mechanisms. We try to take power back by blaming ourselves for what happened in the first place; that doesn't help at all. 'It is my responsibility to become aware and replace it, repair it or heal it'
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