Negative Emotions: An Introdution

  This post is the introduction to our section on negative emotions. This section will be largely for the survivors themselves. It will be a means to define and discuss the various negative emotions that a survivor may experience daily and any ways we can work past them.

    Negative emotions are any emotions that do not feel good. They are the 'bad' feelings or painful parts of life. This section is dedicated to those emotions, particularly the ones that relate to surviving abuse.

  The negative emotions we will cover are as follows:

• Shame and Guilt
• Anger and Rage
• Powerlessness
• Anxiety
• Loneliness
• Low Self-esteem/ Self-worth

 [Self-harm, suicidal tendencies, and disassociation will all be covered in more detail in future posts. If any of these are your current concern, please message us and we will get you the information you need.]

  It is not uncommon for these emotions to manifest themselves at inopportune moments and for them to be described as 'inner voices'. The majority of people referring to this do not mean actual voices that some people suffering from schizophrenia experience, but rather a persistent thought or train of thought. These thoughts may be an unwanted interruption to life or something one dwells on, either way, its as if one's conscience decided to go haywire.

  These 'inner voices' may continually remind a survivor of their negative feelings or regrets regarding their abuse. It could be as though their own mind were taunting them. This is often were logic and emotion disagree, leading to conflicted feelings and memories.

  This section will explore those emotions and give light to those voices.