Three Concepts for Building Healthier Relationships with Trauma-Informed Therapy [pro.psychcentral.com]
It’s good, healthy and human to want love and seek it out. Yet for some people, showing emotional needs may be linked to painful memories and experiences. As attachment research shows, people learn in early childhood whether to expect to feel safe or unsafe expressing emotional needs. Feeling rejected, devalued or invisible for one’s human needs often triggers shame. These painful emotions may inhibit future efforts to connect. Those who experience their needs as ‘unacceptable’ may come to...