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@Carey Sipp posted:

That is the truth, Michael!

It really doesn’t seem fair to think of ourselves as having a “disorder” when what we have is an injury.

The blame and shame of having a disorder is unwarranted, yet it continues to damage the very people who need the love and understanding the most. We all need to drop the blame, shame, guilt, fear. We are not bad. What happened to us is/was bad.

As it has been written on this website many times, in many posts as several presentations, “Children didn’t cause what happened to them. It was not their fault. They did the best they could given the situation. They can heal!”

I said “they” and “their” but know I am including “us” and “our” and “we.” And I am grateful for having learned these  invaluable lessons here at PACEs Connection, where having a strengths-based approach and a growth mindset is a cultural norm we work to extend to the world.

Peace and thank you,

Carey

Thank you Carey...and well said with what you have shared - YES!!! to healing and ending the blame & shame.

Take care, Michael

That is the truth, Michael!

It really doesn’t seem fair to think of ourselves as having a “disorder” when what we have is an injury.

The blame and shame of having a disorder is unwarranted, yet it continues to damage the very people who need the love and understanding the most. We all need to drop the blame, shame, guilt, fear. We are not bad. What happened to us is/was bad.

As it has been written on this website many times, in many posts as several presentations, “Children didn’t cause what happened to them. It was not their fault. They did the best they could given the situation. They can heal!”

I said “they” and “their” but know I am including “us” and “our” and “we.” And I am grateful for having learned these  invaluable lessons here at PACEs Connection, where having a strengths-based approach and a growth mindset is a cultural norm we work to extend to the world.

Peace and thank you,

Carey