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Jane, my T calls it being "Flooded". It is a PTSD symptom when an even triggers us all feelings and emotions from similiar events in our lives come flooding in. It sets off the flight, fight or freeze response. We can become desperate to escape these feelings and do things that are harmful or leave a path of destruction. Of course there is a spectrum and evryone is different.
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When a child’s emotional needs are not met and a child is repeatedly hurt and abused, this deeply and profoundly affects the child’s development. Wanting those unmet childhood needs in adulthood. Looking for safety, protection, being cherished and loved can often be normal unmet needs in childhood, and the survivor searches for these in other adults. This can be where survivors search for mother and father figures. Transference issues in counseling can occur and this is normal for childhood abuse survivors.
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