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Childhood trauma (and chronic/complex trauma) is closely related to toxic shame. Shame is such a tricky emotion to work through. It binds with more vulnerable emotions, so any softer emotion can trigger shame. If you feel sad, shame comes up. If you feel hurt, shame comes up. Even if you feel happy shame comes up (and tells you that you don’t deserve this happiness, that you’re going to lose the thing making you happy, etc…) Vulnerable emotions connect us with each other. Shame disconnects. Heal