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5 Ways I’m Unlearning My ‘Fawn’ Response

February 2, 2020March 19, 2020 Sam Dylan Finch 18 Comments

As the kids say, some folks will just have to stay mad.

Crazy Talk/Mental Health

Am I ‘Traumatized Enough’ For a Complex PTSD Diagnosis?

August 20, 2017 Sam Dylan Finch 26 Comments

If trauma is affecting your mental health, you deserve compassion, care, and support. Full stop.

Sam Dylan Finch

Sam Dylan Finch. I’m a writer and positive psychology practitioner that’s passionate about queer joy — with none of the self-helpy bullsh*t. I wrote that thing about people-pleasing that you showed your therapist. I’m much weirder in real life.  ✨ He/they. More?

 

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The ways in which many trauma survivors try to rationalize what happened to us is by blaming ourselves. It’s the best way we know how to take back our agency and control after something so devastating: “At least if it’s my fault, I could do something to prevent it next time.”
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