When we learn to meet our needs by meeting the needs of other people, think of it as a survival mechanism. It isn't the most optimal approach and it works to an extent so we keep doing it. If the unconscious thought is... 'if I care for you, and you're good, then maybe you'll be able to care for me' ...then what will be sacrificed just to meet some of the basic human, relational needs? Sometimes quite a lot.

Among the many different types of traumatic experiences we can have, is betrayal trauma. This is a type of trauma that happens in our...

So, what is complex trauma? It's a type of trauma that happens when there are repeated threatening incidents or chronic stressors.