Tag: Trauma Identity
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Generational Rupture 3: The Burden of Blame — Trauma, Victimhood, and the Generational Divide
In the disoriented landscape of our time, perhaps no fracture is more emotionally charged than the one between generations. Behind the clamor of public debate, beneath the seemingly endless cycles of outrage and misunderstanding, there lies a profound shift in the way the self is experienced and the past is remembered. The child looks to…
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Psychology and the Disappearing Self – 5: The Eternal Self — Being, Peace, and the End of Healing
After the trauma has been named, the patterns traced, the parts explored, the growth pursued — something remains unsettled. We are told healing is a journey, a process that takes time. But we begin to sense that this process has no end. We reach moments of relief, only to find new layers. We feel better,…
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Psychology and the Disappearing Self – 2: The Trauma Identity — Woundedness as the Modern Self
We live in an age where trauma has become a primary lens through which the self is understood. No longer reserved for the catastrophic, trauma now describes nearly every kind of suffering, rupture, or emotional pain. To be traumatized is no longer a condition on the margins — it has become a central identity. We…
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