{"id":11127,"date":"2021-11-01T13:19:08","date_gmt":"2021-11-01T20:19:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.childabusesurvivor.net\/reviews\/?p=11127"},"modified":"2021-11-01T13:11:24","modified_gmt":"2021-11-01T20:11:24","slug":"sharing-validation-is-important-in-supporting-trauma-survivors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.childabusesurvivor.net\/reviews\/2021\/11\/01\/sharing-validation-is-important-in-supporting-trauma-survivors\/","title":{"rendered":"Sharing &#8211; Validation Is Important in Supporting Trauma Survivors"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:574,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/themighty.com\\\/2021\\\/01\\\/validation-is-important-in-supporting-trauma-survivors&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20210124171252\\\/https:\\\/\\\/themighty.com\\\/2021\\\/01\\\/validation-is-important-in-supporting-trauma-survivors\\\/&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-12-01 10:35:34&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-12-27 16:58:36&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-12-27 16:58:36&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p>I love the way Vanessa describes this:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Survivors are all around us. They are us. How do you know who has trauma? You don\u2019t. Trauma doesn\u2019t look a certain way. We don\u2019t wear it on our faces, we wear it internally.<\/p>\n<p>It isn\u2019t OK for survivors to walk around silently, bogged down by shame. They don\u2019t have to&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>It&#8217;s true, there are people all around you right now who have experienced horrific traumas in their lives, and the reason you don&#8217;t know is that they don&#8217;t feel safe talking about it. They&#8217;ve lived years, even decades, with this truth, only to be met with invalidating remarks like &#8220;Why can&#8217;t you just let it go?&#8221; or &#8220;you should be over that by now&#8221;, &#8220;it wasn&#8217;t that bad&#8221;, etc.<\/p>\n<p>When your trauma, the thing you are struggling to overcome, is met with that kind of response you aren&#8217;t going to rush out to talk about it, which is a shame because talking about it to people who can be validating to us is one of the best ways to actually heal from it and have it no longer dominate our daily lives.<\/p>\n<p>If only society would learn that instead of dismissing us and expecting us to come back when we aren&#8217;t &#8220;such a downer&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/themighty.com\/2021\/01\/validation-is-important-in-supporting-trauma-survivors\/\">https:\/\/themighty.com\/2021\/01\/validation-is-important-in-supporting-trauma-survivors\/<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"syndication-links\"><span class=\"syn-text\">Also on:<\/span><ul class=\"relsyn\"><li><a aria-label=\"facebook\" class=\"u-syndication syn-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/219569363651\/posts\/537099158240053\"> <span class=\"syndication-link-icon svg-facebook\" style=\"display: inline-block; max-width: 1rem; margin: 2px;\" aria-hidden=\"true\" aria-label=\"Facebook\" title=\"Facebook\" ><svg role=\"img\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><title>Facebook<\/title><path d=\"M9.101 23.691v-7.98H6.627v-3.667h2.474v-1.58c0-4.085 1.848-5.978 5.858-5.978.401 0 .955.042 1.468.103a8.68 8.68 0 0 1 1.141.195v3.325a8.623 8.623 0 0 0-.653-.036 26.805 26.805 0 0 0-.733-.009c-.707 0-1.259.096-1.675.309a1.686 1.686 0 0 0-.679.622c-.258.42-.374.995-.374 1.752v1.297h3.919l-.386 2.103-.287 1.564h-3.246v8.245C19.396 23.238 24 18.179 24 12.044c0-6.627-5.373-12-12-12s-12 5.373-12 12c0 5.628 3.874 10.35 9.101 11.647Z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/a><\/li><li><a aria-label=\"x\" class=\"u-syndication syn-link\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CA_Survivor\/status\/1587567129590628352\"> <span class=\"syndication-link-icon svg-x\" style=\"display: inline-block; max-width: 1rem; margin: 2px;\" aria-hidden=\"true\" aria-label=\"X\" title=\"X\" ><svg role=\"img\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><title>X<\/title><path d=\"M18.901 1.153h3.68l-8.04 9.19L24 22.846h-7.406l-5.8-7.584-6.638 7.584H.474l8.6-9.83L0 1.154h7.594l5.243 6.932ZM17.61 20.644h2.039L6.486 3.24H4.298Z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><span class=\"kt-load-after-post\"><\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s true, there are people all around you right now who have experienced horrific traumas in their lives, and the reason you don&#8217;t know is that they don&#8217;t feel safe talking about it. 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