06/15/2026
Spot on. 🎯
Seeing intellectualization as a defense strategy to pain/trauma response is something many therapists miss. Invalidation and attachment trauma are deeply painful and should be addressed by a trauma-informed clinician.
I would argue that these trauma responses don’t have to stem from preverbal periods of invalidation (ignoring cries). The harm of chronic emotional neglect can occur at any point in childhood.
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