Howdy y’all- did y’all hear Beyonce is dropping a country album? Huh? You said where I been? Ummm I been minding my bald headed business like I said I was gone do and like I beeeennnnnn trying to do for some time now but yall wanted to play me. Mmm hmmm, {Reader please forgive me, I let Jazmine type this out. Who is she? Listen to the show and you’ll find out}- In this episode I’m talking about abandonment (frowning face). This is one of my least favorite feelings next to betrayal and disappointment.

Key concepts:

Abandonment trauma- is a profound fear-based response stemming from experiences of abandonment encompassing various forms such as the loss of a significant figure, unexpected breakups or divorces, or early-life neglect from primary attachment figures –– whether physical or emotional in nature

Betrayal trauma- occurs when the people or institutions on which a person depends for survival significantly violate that person' s trust or well-being.

Coping skills- The methods a person uses to deal with stressful situations. These may help a person face a situation, take action, and be flexible and persistent in solving problems.

Bald Headed Youtube:

Healing from Social trauma

Resources:

6 Signs of Complex PTSD | CPTSD

The Garden Within: Where the War with Your Emotions Ends and Your Most Powerful Life Beginby Dr. Anita Phillips, Anita Phillips

https://amzn.to/3P0dzPa

Healing Developmental Trauma: How Early Trauma Affects Self-Regulation, Self-Image, and the Capacity for Relationship by: Laurence Heller, PhD, and Aline LaPierre, PsyD (P)2015 Tantor

https://amzn.to/3SWr3wQ

The Body Keeps The Score by: Bessel van der Kolk M.D

https://amzn.to/49w6GgX

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Oh and another thing, may I invite you to get back to doing the work for yourself. You really aren’t too broke for therapy, we as a collective of humans have just gotten extremely comfortable with ignoring the issues while making excuses for them. This isn’t a projection, it's an observation as I hear your smoke detector battery beeping in your background. Being humble doesn’t always mean having or showing a modest or low estimate of one's own importance. For me it means having the self-esteem to understand that even though you are doing well, you do not have to brag or gloat about it. I guess I just see things differently than most.

Until next time, remember, we are all bald headed under our hair so keep minding your bald headed business.

Love Auntie Jin.