When a Part Stops You from Telling

How shame, silence, and survival collide in the hardest moments of therapy.

There are some aspects of system life that most of us don’t really talk much about. It’s not just about what happened to us—it’s also about the deep shame that comes from what it means to live with something inside… something you’ve carried your whole life, something so disturbing and unspeakable that even the idea of sharing it feels like it could shatter something.

Maybe you got an unexpected glimpse of it in therapy one day. The moment the image or realization hits, the impact reverberates through every cell of your being… and you freeze.

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