How To Battle Podcast

78. Loving Someone With Trauma: The Truth No One Talks About


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Can love heal trauma?

In this deeply personal episode of the How To Battle Podcast, Carlos opens up about the reality of loving someone after childhood abandonment, gang life, prison, violence, and years spent in solitary confinement.

He shares how trauma affected his ability to trust, why isolation became his comfort zone, and what it actually takes to build a healthy relationship after a lifetime of survival mode.

Together, Carlos and Shirin explore the difficult truths about healing in relationships, the impact of abandonment wounds, why trust issues don't disappear overnight, and how love, accountability, and self-awareness can create lasting transformation.

This conversation explores:

How trauma impacts trust and intimacy

Why isolation can become a coping mechanism

The connection between childhood wounds and adult relationships

What healing together actually looks like

Why love alone isn't enough without accountability

The importance of self-awareness in healing trauma

How abandonment shapes the way we connect with others

Practical ways couples can support each other's healing journey

Why healing is possible no matter what you've been through

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How To Battle PodcastBy Carlos Vasquez

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