It’s Not You; It’s Your Trauma
Podcast Episode
Joe delves into the complexities of trauma and how it shapes behaviors, emotions, and relationships. Joe shares his expertise and personal experiences to help listeners understand and overcome their struggles
EP 0005 – False Self, Shame, And Separation
The false self is created when we have to cut off emotions that were unacceptable to our source figures. When unacceptable feelings and emotions we expressed, we were shamed and emotionally abandoned. Before logical thought was available to us. We cut off these emotions and were denied our reality to survive as children. To replace these emotions, we created a false self to give our source figures what they needed for us to be loved and connected. We feel shame whenever we need to access the emotions we have cut off. This leaves us stuck in a childhood developmental stage. We never separated from our source figures emotionally. To free ourselves from this stage and the shame we carry, we must give up our role and separate from our source figures. We must go into shame and feel what we could not when we were children.
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