Estrangement is the END RESULT of adult children feeling deeply alone, unseen, unheard and mistreated mentally and emotionally (let alone physically) for years and years and no one took them seriously or cared how they felt.
This can often result in complex PTSD (cPTSD).
cPTSD is PTSD plus issues in relationship to self, others and with emotion management.
It cannot be healed alone, no matter how much you wish it to be true because the wound was relational to begin with.
What needs to happen is connection through safe, secure and reasonably attuned and consistent others. I talk about it more in this video: Watch it here.
If you’re wondering how you can attract healthier people into your life (romantically or otherwise) so you can actually heal your brain and body from complex trauma, I’m going to be teaching a LIVE, free workshop very soon on this topic: Building self-trust and connection to improve relationships after estrangement and cPTSD.
You can register here for free.
Jenna
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