Everyone has a role to play while growing up, and for some, these roles were shaped by a dysfunctional environment. The family duties you adopt as a child influence your development, and…
Tag: Childhood Trauma
Why My Therapist Told Me To Be Angry At My Mother
Growing up with a sexually abusive stepfather and a mother who refused to acknowledge it was like living in an alternate universe, a place where I swallowed pain whole but never digested…
6 Experiences A Childhood Trauma Therapist Wishes She Could Give Every Survivor
Our childhood can make or break us — and nobody knows this better than Morgan Pommells. Pommells is a childhood trauma therapist who made waves this past summer when she shared 12…
The Simple Tool That Helps People Move On From Parental Neglect & Abuse
Writing a eulogy is often a daunting task, filled with the weight of grief. By nature, a eulogy is for a person who has died. But it doesn’t have to be. If…
The Common Phrase People With Unresolved Childhood Trauma Say Without Even Realizing It
Have you ever said, “It wasn’t that bad” about childhood trauma, abandonment, or neglect — your own or someone else’s? That simple phrase could be telling you something important about your past. It certainly did…