Depressive symptoms must first be explored, in order to determine and to understand the causal factors, such as genetics, traumatic experiences, loss, grief, and physical and emotional abuse. The emotions, past experiences, and present triggers related to depression are the foundations of understanding, accepting, and managing your depression. If you are …
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Accepting your past doesn’t mean that it was in any way your fault. Being a survivor of traumatic experiences are undeserved and can create lifelong emotional problems. Accepting, but not internalizing, your traumatic past can be a process of growth which can result in accepting a new role as the …
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Developmental Trauma Disorder (DTD) has gained much research interest as a separate disorder from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), with the primary differentiation of DTD resulting from chronic trauma involving long-term emotional neglect, emotional abuse, family violence, and/or community-based violence. If you were exposed to multiple, sustained, and untreated adverse or traumatic …
