Arnon Bentovim - Episteme
Arnon Bentovim - Episteme
Arnon Bentovim - Episteme
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Impact of traumatic experiences on<br />
development – dynamic narratives<br />
• Attachment trauma life-span impact of cumulative adversity<br />
• failure of mentalisation –the loss of a capacity to symbolise mental<br />
states –understand one’s own and others thinking or feeling<br />
• Fails to distinguish between internal and external reality<br />
• Dissociated from reality- loss of memory – false self/reality<br />
formation<br />
• Traumatic bonding –disorganised attachments –clinging to abusive<br />
parents –<br />
• Identification with the abuser –the perspective of the malevolent<br />
other- an alien being in the self representation