If your struggle with people pleasing, codependency, toxic relationships, emotional regulation 

This epsiode is for you! 

Some things we discuss in this episode are:

Relational Impacts of Trauma we discuss:

Interpersonal trauma – trauma the occurs within a personal relationship – is a relational trauma.

Survivors may not have had good role models as children for what constitutes a healthy relationship and/or they may not have received any   instruction about them. To the contrary, they likely learned all about toxic relationships.

• Survivors had their self-worth stripped from them, so they don’t feel they deserve happy relationships.

• Survivors struggle with establishing trust – with others and with themselves. We think we must immediately give anyone all of our trust, or none of our trust – there’s no middle ground.

• Relational dysfunction and trauma often lead to co-dependence as an adult.

• Survivors often adopt their afamily’s unhealthy world view, which colors their thoughts and belief about relationships.

• Black and white thinking limits a survivor’s interpretations of relationships.