That Anxiety Guy - Straight Talk And Help With Anxiety, Panic And Agoraphobia
EP 0106 - Building A Sense of Safety and Security After Trauma or Abuse
- Author: Vários
- Narrator: Vários
- Publisher: Podcast
- Duration: 0:26:46
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Send in a question or comment via text.(For full show notes on this episode, visit https://theanxioustruth.com/106)Today I was joined by my friend Monique Koven to discuss the concept of feeling safe and secure. Many victims of past trauma or abuse find that anxiety recovery is made more difficult because they are unable to ever feel safe or secure. This is understandable, and it absolutely adds a wrinkle to the recovery process that must be addressed for these people.While your past experiences may have taught you that were not safe or secure, this does not mean that you are doomed to forever feel vulnerable in your life. Abuse and abandonment may have left you with nobody to turn to for support when you needed it. You may have taken those situations and carried them forward to conclude that you are always vulnerable and never on secure footing. You may find it difficult to ever really feel safe.For the person wrestling with an inability to ever feel safe or secure, acknowledging why this happens is imp