" Adults who were abused or neglected as children will often blame themselves. This can lead to persistent feelings of guilt and shame. EMDR therapist Dr. Jim Knipe proposes that this self-blame is a direct link to childhood logic—children will develop a fantasy that they are bad kids relying upon good parents to avoid confronting the terrifying reality that they are good kids relying upon bad parents. "

― Arielle Schwartz , The Complex PTSD Workbook: A Mind-Body Approach to Regaining Emotional Control and Becoming Whole