Our conscious mind — believe it or not — is not in charge of our day-to-day behaviour.That claim may seem counter intuitive and contrary to our experience, but it has been demonstrated in controlled experiments time and again. By the time our conscious mind is aware of any particular decision or action, it has already been made or enacted by some other part of our brain.
Working through the ten stages can be painful, and potentially we all suffer and grieve. Very often we who have experienced childhood abuse have coped at least in part through some degree of deep dis…
As we complete the ten stages we awaken with shock at the devastating impact of our traumatisation, and to the costs of our dissociations. We see with heartbreak the decimation of relationships and o…
