Healing From and Integrating Complex Trauma to Defeat Self-Sabotage

All the pain is worth it

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When in the throws of healing from complex trauma, one can get lost in all the memories and emotions. Perhaps you are in therapy or not, but you are prone to self-sabotaging behaviors.

Self-sabotage describes things people do that block their success and prevent them from reaching their goals. This behavior affects a survivor’s professional and personal success and mental well-being.

Facing the past isn’t easy. It takes guts, hard work, and recognizing your habits to overcome self-sabotage. This article will focus on overcoming and integrating trauma to end self-sabotaging behavior.

Overcoming Fear of Vulnerability

At first glance, you may wonder what on earth fear of vulnerability has to do with self-sabotage. Being vulnerable is one of the hardest things for a casualty of complex trauma to overcome. We tend to hide away from others and not trust, significantly influencing our relationship with others and ourselves.

Being vulnerable requires facing rejection, exposing oneself emotionally, and being vulnerable, which makes many survivors feel dread. We often fear vulnerability and try to close ourselves off from friends and family. People like us who have survived…