John Bradshaw Quotes

Family Secrets Can Go Back For Generations. They Can Be About Suicides, Homicides, Incest, Abortions, Addictions, Public Loss Of Face, Financial Disaster, Etc. All The Secrets Get Acted Out. This Is The Power Of Toxic Shame. The Pain And Suffering Of Shame Generate Automatic And Unconscious Defenses. Freud Called These Defenses By Various Names: Denial, Idealization Of Parents, Repression Of Emotions And Dissociation From Emotions. What Is Important To Note Is That We Can't Know What We Don't Know. Denial, Idealization, Repression And Dissociation Are Unconscious Survival Mechanisms. Because They Are Unconscious, We Lose Touch With The Shame, Hurt And Pain They Cover Up. We Cannot Heal What We Cannot Feel. So Without Recovery, Our Toxic Shame Gets Carried For Generations.

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