Ep179 - I'm worthless and broken and need to hide who I am

About this episode

The episode discusses feelings of worthlessness and the impact of trauma, especially during the holiday season.

In this episode we talk about the core of many traumas and pain in the past - feeling worthless, unlovable and unloved. A feeling despite being so prevalent is neither good nor normal and especially harmful during this dark time of the year and even worse in the holiday seasons. When listening to those who suffer, I keep hearing all sort of variants of “I need to hide who I am. If others knew they would leave me”. Be it because they feel broken, useless, unloved, unworthy of love, tainted, ta...

People in this episode

Host: Johanna Draconis

Topics covered

• C-PTSD
• trauma
• self-worth
• mental health
• holiday stress

Keywords

• C-PTSD
• worthlessness
• trauma
• mental health
• self-improvement
• holiday stress
• unlovable

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