Blocking out conscious awareness of trauma does not mean that we have no effects of that trauma.

Blocking out conscious awareness of trauma does not mean that we have no effects of that trauma. Using denial and dissociative skills does not mean that the abuse did not happen. Denial means that we are simply refusing to acknowledge or accept the fact that we were traumatised. We are pretending we were not hurt, when we were actually hurt very badly.

Even if the memories of abuse are hidden from our awareness, blocked trauma / unresolved trauma creates very noticeable and obvious symptoms that can be easily seen in our every day lives.
The Ten Stages is a studied recovery course. It is a source of reconnection a method of unlearning and a reintroduction to our child within which leads us back to our one true intuitive voice.We start to learn and come out of our protective dysfunctional shell and reclaim our lives.

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