Step 2

Identify the emotions involved:
Fear… if the wrong done to you happened as a child and the offender was an adult, fear often is carried into adulthood.
Guilt (whether real or false) has to do with what we have done.
Shame has to do with who we feel we are and shame makes us want to hide from others so they can’t find out “who we really are.”
Anger… when we begin to come to grips with what was done to us and the emotions that follow (guilt and shame) then anger usually follows.