Emotional bonds and attachments are a precondition for human functioning, prospering, and self-development. Humans and all other mammals have inbuilt neuro-physiological structures in the limbic cortex through which they attach to the parent or caregiver. This is mainly to assure that parent and child care about each other so that the survival of the species [...]
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How To Trust When Trusting Feels Dangerous?
Posted in Legacies, Therapy, tagged Recovery, sexual abuse, survivors, trust on September 4, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Moving on from surviving sexual abuse to thriving in life can often be an up-hill battle of epic proportions. People, who have been sexually abused and did not get immediately support, care, and love from their parents, inevitably struggle with developing trust. This struggle is not a possibility, it is a fact. In most cases [...]
