Why do I feel like I have to prove myself constantly?
The proving never stops because you're answering to a judge who structurally can't say yes. Here's what that actually looks like.
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The proving never stops because you're answering to a judge who structurally can't say yes. Here's what that actually looks like.
Why do I feel numb? Often it's not absence of feeling but the quiet cost of holding feeling out. A look at what the lid...
That persistent calling you feel? It might not be toward something out there, but something in you trying to emerge.
Why do I feel disconnected from myself? It may not be a state you're stuck in. It may be a move you keep making, faster...
Why do I feel worse after resting? Often rest isn't broken, it's uncovering what motion was holding down. The bad feeling was already there.
Losing your voice around certain people isn't a confidence problem. It's an old protection still running. Here's what it's actually guarding.
Overeating as protection from unbearable emptiness. Filling space meant to stay open, avoiding what quiet reveals.