Harmful Responses to Trauma-related Behaviors

• Isolation
• Defensiveness
• Irritability and anger
• Punitive church discipline
• Condemnation and criticism
• Blaming, shaming, and silencing
• Downplaying the significance of the person’s experience
• Indifference or “Holy Hush” (story of the Good Samaritan – Luke 10:25-37)
• Spiritual bypassing – the use of spiritual practices and believes to avoid dealing with painful feelings, unresolved wounds, and developmental needs.