[[Winnicott’s “false” self]]

[[Winnicott’s “false” self]], ~Carlson, Yates, & Sroufe 12 (2011). Similar to [[Winnicott’s “false” self]], the [[caretaking aspect of the self-care system]] [[strives to protect the regressed self]], even [[becoming persecutory in the service of self-preservation]] and the [[avoidance of retraumatization]]. In this view, [[experience becomes traumatic] when [[existing regulatory capacities are overwhelmed]] ([[due to developmental immaturity]], [[structural rigidity]], and/or [[lack of supportive emotional relationships]]), yet [[evolving systems]] strive to [[maintain or preserve existing organization]]. Thus, [[trauma in and of itself does not shatter self-organization]]; [[internal processes shatter the organization]] in an effort to [[protect or maintain a sense of coherence that is the self]].