What are Safety Needs?
What is Trauma?
Trauma is what happens when an experience is so overwhelming that your usual ways of coping can’t keep up.
What is the Ego?
What is the Ego?
The ego is the part of your mind that says “I.” It holds your picture of who you are, how you should act, and how others see you. It is not your whole self, but it has a big influence on your thoughts, feelings, and behaviour.
What is Childhood Neglect?
What is Childhood Neglect?
Childhood neglect is when a child’s basic needs for care, attention, and safety are not met over a long period of time. It is not just about big, obvious events; it is often about what doesn’t happen that should have happened.
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
Puppy-dog Syndrome and the Consequences of Avoidant Parents
This article looks into the basic family relationship, as driven by our genetic need for connection, support, nurturing and protection. We then propose a typical dysfunctional scenario, based on parents that are avoidant of that connection. It proposes that this scenario will result in children that will include a scapegoat, who may well develop C-PTSD based Stockholm Syndrome, before they are old enough to verbalise their long-term abuse. It also introduces a new term – Puppy-dog Syndrome, to describe one of the observable behaviours of children that have had this childhood.