Fear based distraction is way that we can avoid thinking about things we don’t want to think about. Or feeling emotions that we don’t want to feel. This is very common in survivors of untreated trauma. Fear based distraction is a way for survivors of trauma to stay busy so they do not have to be reminded of traumatic memories from the past. Distraction is a form of avoidance. But avoidance is a funny thing. The more we avoid something, the more we are actually making the an
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