How self-betrayal is taught in childhood

Amanda Luterman
4 min readJun 2, 2021

I’ll begin with the punchline. It is not unusual that someone who has experienced a sexual assault has seemingly misplaced anger at their parents.

Yet, how can a parent protect their child from other people’s unethical actions? They can’t, unfortunately.

Here is what they could can do: respect your boundary testing in order to prevent patterns of self-betrayal. Here…

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Amanda Luterman

Ivy league trained, Licensed Psychotherapist, MA, MEd. Being in love doesn't mean you're aroused. The blunt musings of a clinician.