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.