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Post traumatic growth may feel like a dream that’s out of reach. If you’ve been a victim of betrayal trauma and emotional and psychological abuse. But the research says you CAN heal! Here’s what you need to know.

Before you consider post traumatic growth. You need to know if you’re completely protected from emotional abuse. Did you know there are 19 types of emotional abuse?

Take our Free Emotional Abuse Quiz to see if you’re still experiencing his emotional abuse.

3 Steps Toward Post Traumatic Growth

If you’re wondering how to begin your journey toward post-traumatic growth, you might consider taking these initial steps:

1. Identify the source of the trauma – what forms of abuse are you experiencing?
2. Seek support, perhaps attend a Betrayal Trauma Recovery Group Session.
3. Learn how to protect yourself using emotional safety strategies. Enroll in The Betrayal Trauma Recovery Living Free Workshop to learn more.

Transcript: Are You Ready To Experience Post Traumatic Growth?

Anne: Simona is a doctoral student at Auburn University. Welcome Simona.

Simona: Well, thank you, Anne. thanks for having me on your podcast. I am so excited to be with you.

Anne: I participated in your study, as well as many women in our Betrayal Trauma Recovery community. So let’s start with your study.

Simona: Yeah, by the way, I loved having you on my study as a participant. I realized there’s a gap in literature surrounding post traumatic growth. Which is the growth that people experience after a whole lot of suffering and trauma. And I got interested in this subject because we don’t have a lot of studies to offer hope. Because honestly, this kind of experience doesn’t make sense if we don’t have a community. So I started thinking about this.

Anne: Does your study touch on what causes the betrayal trauma symptoms, or just post traumatic growth?

Simona: No.

Anne: I wonder if the participants identify the cause of the trauma as ongoing abuse. What are they identifying as the cause of the trauma?

Simona: I think they might have known about their spouse’s addiction, but they didn’t know the extent of it.

Anne: So they