It is difficult enough to bear the burden of traumatic childhood experiences and its long-term physical, emotional, and mental effects. For adult survivors of family scapegoating abuse (FSA), this difficulty is magnified by the fact that their reports of abuse or trauma are typically denied, dismissed, and invalidated by their family due to their being in the ‘identified patient’ role…
This article was originally published on Psych Central as an advance preview of my book on family scapegoating abuse (FSA),… Read More »To Meet Publishing Requirements, This Free Preview Chapter From My Book ‘Rejected, Shamed, and Blamed’ Is No Longer Available
Because family scapegoating processes can be insidious and subtle, many adult survivors do not realize that they are suffering from a most egregious (and often chronic) form of systemically-driven psycho-emotional bullying and abuse, with all of the painful consequences to body, mind, and spirit…
Many scapegoat abuse victims fail to realize that they have actually suffered from psycho-emotional abuse growing up, and even therapists and counselors can miss the signs and symptoms associated with the chronic and system-wide bullying that is associated with family scapegoating and can result in the target child / adult child suffering from family scapegoating abuse (FSA) and complex trauma (C-PTSD) symptoms. Read more to find out if you are the ‘scapegoat’ in your family.