Have you promoted yourself to EQUAL yet?

A veteran trauma-recovery therapist proposes that many people who were traumatized as young kids are used to putting other people's needs ahead of their own. That promotes frustration, and low self and mutual respect. The video concludes with practical suggestions for reducing wounds and promoting yourself to EQUAL without shame or guilt.

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[Sunny Treble]

itivly with her, I think it best at this time

[gercacn]

Sunny - a "standard" issue for us GWVs is replacing excessive shame with guilt-free self respect and self love. Doing that - and improving communication skills - will avoid or help resolve most relationship problems - even with other GWCs.

[JackieDonaghy]

This is great work you're sharing with everyone. I'm suffering a lot of the same personal issues you share

"do you know someone like this?"

my favorite parts of all these vids

[gercacn]

Jackie - thanks for your feedback. I encourage you to study online :"lesson 1" at sfhelp.org/gwc/guide1.htm. Questions = welcome.

[blueoceantrilogy]

So happy to find a humanistic(ally) driven mental health caregiver, there are some really harsh "get your !#%! together" out there. true recovery takes time.

[gercacn]

A significany percentager of us "mental health professiomals" are psychologically-wounded ourselves.

[lizzie2day]

Finding your videos has been a blessing for me. Thank you for sharing your wisdom.

lizzie2day

[Sunny Treble]

Hello, I just found you videos, I am a GWC and now I am 60 years old. I have just recently became aware that I have BPD symtoms, not quite as serious as some of the people I have watched on You Tube. But I am now thinking and feeling that my communication is off and thinking I need to really put myself as an equal party with my friends. I had a run in with another GWC friend and we are at a stand still, I am just going to give myself some space and think about the situation and communicate pos

[gercacn]

Sounds to me like your friend is a shame-based "Grown Wounded Child" (GWC). I encourage both of you to study and discuss "lesson 1": at sfhelp.org/gwc/guide1.htm.