Imagine having a loving voice inside your head, instead of a rude & demeaning inner critic. What would your life be like, if you were finally free from self-doubt? For those living with Complex PTSD, this feels more like a fairy tale than reality. But healing your self-worth is the first step to breaking generational cycles.
Self-worth is the foundation of your emotional and mental well-being. But if you're living with CPTSD, feeling good inside your skin & inherently worthy mostly is like an elusive dream. The result of emotional neglect or abuse, CPTSD not only fractures your sense of self but also the belief in your intrinsic value. This post explores how healing self-worth can empower you to break free from cycles of pain and dysfunction passed down through the generations.
What is CPTSD?
Put simply, CPTSD develops as a result of ongoing inter-relational trauma, often during formative years. It doesn't have to be the result of overt abuse, but can just as well develop from ongoing emotional or psychological neglect. Over time, these experiences erode your self-worth, leading to cycles of shame, self-doubt, and self-sabotage.
The Link Between CPTSD and Your Current Struggles
CPTSD plants the seed of inadequacy deep inside your psyche. It weaves its way into the present by shaping your self-perception, relationships, and choices. This leads to a pervasive sense of unworthiness, which manifests as:
Chronic Self-Sabotage: You avoid opportunities or downplay successes out of fear of failure or rejection.
Over-Attunement to Others: You people-pleasing & over-apologize to maintain the status quo in relationships.
Internalized Criticism: You have a cruel inner voice that magnifies your flaws and drowns out any self-compassion.
Chronic low self-worth and CPTSD perpetuates the cycle of shame and self-doubt that keeps you stuck until you confront it. Recognizing the link is the first step toward breaking free.
Healing self-worth not only reclaims your present but transforms your future.
Simple Steps To Start Rebuilding Your Self-Worth
Notice when your inner critic is being demeaning and consciously choose a more empowering & compassionate thought, like "I'm allowed to make mistakes. I'm only human and will grow from this experience"
This sounds simplistic, but start your mornings off by writing down 3 things you love and appreciate about yourself. Even if at first it's "I love about myself that I got up out of bed today." You're literally retraining your brain to find things to love about yourself.
Work with the Energy Healing MP3s linked below. They're specifically designed to help you heal the energetic patterns that've been keeping you stuck in low-self-worth & to help you reconnect with the unconditional love that's within your own heart, it's just been buried beneath layers of unhealed trauma.
Healing your self-worth doesn’t just change your life; it changes the trajectory of future generations.
By breaking free from the generational patterns of shame and self-doubt perpetuated by CPTSD, you’re rewriting your family line's legacy.
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