Wounds in Early Times.

Let's plan to reframe affect flash backs. They're a signal series from the wounds of our early times. They're shaped to challenge denial or the ways we ignore our trauma. It is as if we clamor to make valid our past care giver gaps, omissions and misuse. This is how bad it is. We get flooded, in terror, shamed and lost in our own chaos! We feel this too much of the time. When seen in this light, affect flash backs are a signal. They're from our early times. We sense that many of our needs to grow have not been met. Most important among these are the needs for safety and for good enough' attachment. We've no needs with more power than those of a care giver's safety and empathy. Without them we cannot own and develop our habits of self protection and self compassion. They're the corner stones of a healthy ego. As we do not waken to the need for this kind of primal self advocacy, we remain stuck in learned self abandonment. We rarely develop effective resistance to internal or external abuse. We seldom gain the motivation to consistently use the tools to manage affect flash backs.