Emotional Trauma, PTSD, & What Led Me to Start This Podcast

For most of my life, I have minimized and dehumanized my trauma by comparing my experiences with others. I never gave myself permission to feel my own pain because I didn't feel like it was "bad enough" or "worthy enough" to be addressed. As women in Western society, we are taught that our emotions are too much. We're told that we are over sensitive, over complicated, and over dramatic, yet we are also expected to be self sacrificing (in every way) and never ever complain about it. (HUH?!?!?)...