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Healing When Your Sense of Self is Attached to Your Trauma.

by Candice Brazil | Sep 3, 2025 | Health

Over time, trauma can shape their beliefs, behavior, and worldview, often creating patterns of self-destructive thinking and coping mechanisms. Healing in this context involves disentangling the trauma from the core sense of self and rebuilding a healthier, more integrated identity.

"Trauma is personal. It does not disappear if it is not validated. It does not magically heal if you pretend it never happened. The only way to dissolve it is to put it in context with a broader story.

- Judith Lewis Herman -

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