EP.078 | Home After Emotional Abuse with Dr. Sherrie Campbell

About this episode

Dr. Sherrie Campbell discusses her experiences with emotional abuse and coping strategies in this episode of Hello Trauma Brain.

Welcome to Hello Trauma Brain, a podcast where I share my personal journey of living with Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (C-PTSD), and the tools and practices I'm using to heal, recover, and grow. 🎙️ In this episode, Dr. Sherrie Campbell shares her personal experience of recognizing emotional abuse from her own parent and the tools that helped her cope and grieve as she began to distance herself. Dr. Sherrie defines emotionally abusive parents using her DNA framework (Do Not Abuse) and explains how abusive parents offer conditional kindness instead of unconditional love. The concept of defensive hypervigilance trauma is explored, along with "toxic parent abuse victim syndrome" and how these patterns show up for survivors. Dr. Sherrie discusses rebellious hope, a transformative alternative to the toxic hope that keeps survivors stuck in abusive systems. The episode closes with reflections on embodying healing traits, advice to younger selves, and where listeners can connect with Dr. Sherrie's work. 📖 Chapters 00:00 Introduction to Dr. Sherry Campbell 09:42 Recognizing Toxic Family Dynamics 12:00 The Impact of Post-Separation Abuse 14:21 Defining Emotional Abuse 18:11…

People in this episode

Host: Raysa Michelle

Guest: Dr. Sherrie Campbell

Topics covered

• emotional abuse
• toxic family dynamics
• C-PTSD
• healing
• rebellious hope
• defensive hypervigilance trauma

Keywords

• emotional abuse
• C-PTSD
• toxic parent abuse
• healing traits
• rebellious hope
• defensive hypervigilance

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