Bonita Ackerman du Preez
Bonita Ackerman du Preez
#101 The Top Four Emotions Keeping Your Trauma Alive
#101 The Top Four Emotions Keeping Your Trauma Alive
#101 The Top Four Emotions Keeping Your Trauma Alive
Wednesday 3rd December 2025
Explore how trauma distorts emotions like shame and guilt, and learn strategies to break free from these cycles with Bonita Ackerman du Preez.
5 minutes
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Healing
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Bonita Ackerman du Preez
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Categories:
Recovery from Trauma
Healing from Sexual Trauma
Mindful Recovery
Healing Relationships
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Episode Overview
- Trauma distorts core emotions like shame, guilt, embarrassment, and pride.
- Understanding these emotions is key to breaking the trauma cycle.
- Trauma rewires the nervous system, affecting behaviour and self-perception.
- Reclaim control by retraining the brain with structured methods.
- Emotional stability can be achieved through dedicated recovery programmes.
"Trauma rewires shame into your nervous system, making it an automatic reaction."
What drives someone to seek a life without the shadows of trauma? In this compelling episode of The Trauma Recovery School, Bonita Ackerman du Preez, an acclaimed trauma recovery therapist, unpacks the four emotions that trauma distorts the most: shame, guilt, embarrassment, and pride. These emotions don't just affect your feelings—they warp your self-perception and influence your behaviour and relationships.
Bonita explains how shame can become a constant background noise, how guilt expands into areas it doesn't belong, why embarrassment feels like a threat, and how pride becomes elusive. Bonita shares how understanding these emotions is crucial to breaking free from the cycle of trauma. She paints a vivid picture of how trauma rewires your nervous system, making small mistakes feel monumental and teaching your brain to expect failure instead of success. But there's hope!
Bonita offers insights into how you can take control by retraining your brain and nervous system. This episode is a beacon for those struggling with emotional instability or self-doubt, offering a roadmap to reclaiming your life. Bonita's insights are not just informative but also deeply compassionate, providing listeners with the tools to transform their lives. If you've ever felt trapped in a cycle of negative emotions, this episode might just hold the key to unlocking a healthier, more confident you.