Why Does My Past Trauma Still Affect Me? [CC]

Order my book today! ARE U OK? http://geni.us/sva4iUY Why do we still struggle with the affects of trauma even when most of the guilt is gone? The answer is cognitive dissonance. Cognitive dissonance is when our beliefs about ourselves and situation are not in line with how we act. Meaning that if we think we are a good and thoughtful person but then find ourselves trying to harm someone, that would cause cognitive dissonance. This can also occur in abusive relationships when we believe we are good and kind, but someone else keeps telling us the opposite and using gaslighting techniques to make us believe that we don’t remember things clearly and we are actually terrible and hurtful. This can be really detrimental to our development and growth because we don’t know what’s the...
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