Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Support Group
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happynaz
is it normal for victims of a trauma to have problems with identity? I don't know if i'm a bad person or good and it's freaking me out. scaring me and making my life a living nightmare.
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Gnetle hugs. It's all part of the sorting process.
Whether it is the formative and repeated trauma of child abuse where a healthy self-esteem was never allowed to form in the first place or the sudden reality shift of later trauma, self-image remains a common issue within the PTSD spectrum.
Yep. That was me.
Identity is a story you tell yourself in many respects, a history as you remember it.
Good or bad? The vast majority of people are good people who occasionally do bad things.
If you strive to be kind to others and not to harm them, and to honor your commitments, then you are good.
...Bad people generally do not worry about being bad people. They have a feeling of arrogant superiority and/or selfishness. They don't care if what they do hurts others.
So the fact that you worry is a strong indicator that you want to be good, and will work at being good. That's about 75% of being good right there.