Accepting your emotions about trauma

When it comes to trauma, an important concept that is often preached is that you have the right to feel the emotions you’re feeling.

Where this gets tricky is that sometimes people with trauma feel the emotions of guilt, shame and self-blame.

By allowing yourself to feel these emotions, you can internalize an unhealthy perception of yourself and the circumstances you’ve gone through.

A distinction worth noting when working through a traumatic event is that there are healthy and unhealthy emotions related to trauma.

Healthy emotions consist of anger, sadness and frustration.

Unhealthy emotions consist of blame, guilt and shame.

This isn’t to say somebody should beat themselves up when feeling the later. But that IS to say that a positive first step to take when healing from trauma is to identify which emotions are healthy and which aren’t.

So remember, don’t deny what you’re feeling and accept the experience you’re going through - but also be open to challenging some emotions that might not be serving you well.

If you’re looking for a therapist in Philadelphia that can help you with healing from trauma. Feel free to reach out to us at Dinovitz Counseling LLC.

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