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Angry man

The Paradox of Anger: Strength or Weakness?

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/evolution-the-self/201106/the-paradox-anger-strength-or-weakness And not only can anger help you conceal feelings of fear, inadequacy, and self-doubt by turning them into external conflict. It can also keep at bay states of depression, and emotional pain generally. Embarrassment, humiliation, guilt, and shame—as well as feelings of refusal, dismissal, and abandonment—can all be buried (however temporarily) beneath the self-righteously moralistic or “morally superior”)…

Looking outside ourselves for answers often gives a reason to isolate

Looking outside ourselves for answers often gives a reason to isolate

https://bigthink.com/mind-brain/sexual-assault-psychology External blame and maladaptive beliefs form – which can mean the survivor begins to look for blame outside of themselves, often isolating themselves from the society that harmed them. The survivor begins to adapt their beliefs to attempt to understand what happened to them and why. In this initial aftermath of sexual trauma, sexual…

Isolation – Male Survivors & Cognitive Distortions

Isolation – Male Survivors & Cognitive Distortions

https://www.mosac.net/page/199 Cognitive distortions are mistakes in the thinking process which affect perceptions, self-evaluations, and assumptions about other people, the environment, and the future. Sexually abused children tend to view the world through negative lenses, overestimating danger and difficulty in life experiences. Sexually abused children demonstrate chronic levels of helplessness, hopelessness, inability to trust, self-blame, and lowered self-esteem. These cognitive distortions can follow child victims…