Disconnection / lack of social support p. 61 - 73

Very helpful to read thru--- anything that could have upset my recovery did. It's well outlined by Dr. Herman, the author. She really explains well how the guilt and inferiority arise (p. 61) out of trauma. "Traumatic events...overwhelm individual competence. No matter how brave or resourceful...her actions were insuff to ward off disaster. In the aftermath of traumatic events, as survivors review and judge their own conduct, feelings of guilt and inferiority are practically universal."

I love reading that! Another piece of validation. Probably, I could have never gotten this kind of validation back in 1983 because the research hadn't been done yet.