Trauma recovery asks us to accept ourselves more deeply than we're comfortable doing-- especially if we've spent years being told that what we look like, what we feel, what we want, and who we are is unacceptable. Self-acceptance is gonna feel like a risk. Take that risk.

Trauma Brain is always gonna err on the side of telling us we're "exaggerating," being "dramatic," or even "lying" about our experience & needs. We could be gushing blood, physically or emotionally, & our trauma conditioning would sneer, "It's just a scratch, suck it up."

Does anyone see this post/tweet?

My name is Dr. Andrew Thomas Cicchetti and I am a survivor of long-term coercive control - domestic violence - narcissistic abuse in a same-gender relationship.

One thing that I have learned is that nothing is certain. Life happens. It is messy and complicated.

Narcissistic Abuse aka Coercive Control is an assault from Day One... It is not a relationship gone awry. They set out to seek someone they can control, exploit, entrap and annihilate. Some are better at it than others.

Obrigado 🙏 Emerson.

O conceito de Controle Coercitivo representa a maioria da violência doméstica. Em vez de depender da incidência de violência, o conceito enquadra a violência doméstica como um curso contínuo de crime de conduta. 1/

Uma Lei igual de Lei Maria da Penha pra homens GBTI+ pode enfrentar violencia familiar baseada em homotransfobia tambem.