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Why Trauma Survivors Feel Guilty for Everything

I feel guilty about everything all the time even when I know logically that I have done nothing wrong and it is exhausting to apologize for existing.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

A dysregulated sense of responsibility develops when a child must manage adult emotions and chaos.

Ideas that help explain it
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“Where Are You with Complex trauma — C-PTSD?”

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