Trauma, Shame and Loneliness | Richard Nicastro, PhD
Childhood abuse is innately shaming. The traumatized person struggles with internalized shame and deep-seated loneliness that has resulted from the abuse.| Richard Nicastro, PhD
Speaking the Unspeakable: Metaphor as a Path to Healing When it comes to healing from trauma, words often fall short. The complexity of traumatic experience — the way it floods the mind, reshapes memory, and embeds itself in the body — can feel impossible to fully capture through ordinary language.| Richard Nicastro, PhD
Childhood abuse is innately shaming. The traumatized person struggles with internalized shame and deep-seated loneliness that has resulted from the abuse.| Richard Nicastro, PhD
This article explores how unresolved childhood abuse shapes adult behaviors, making survivors vulnerable to leading secretive lives and engaging in infidelity.| Richard Nicastro, PhD
The effects of childhood abuse follow men throughout their lives. Remaining silent about the abuse keeps it alive. Healing requires this silence to be broken.| Richard Nicastro, PhD
Couples healing from infidelity want to know why the affair occurred. The impact of unresolved childhood trauma is often overlooked and needs to be explored.| Richard Nicastro, PhD
Sexualization is a defense against emotional pain and trauma. It momentarily numbs pain but it ultimately keeps traumatic wounds buried and unhealed.| Richard Nicastro, PhD
