Connecting instead of Self-Protecting
Whether you were the helper, the people pleaser, the stoic, protector, practical joker, smart one, scapegoat, favorite or something else, the roles that earned you praise or protected you can become the thing you hide behind as an adult.
And it’s exhausting. Not only because it takes energy to keep up appearances. But because so often, we’re doing it everywhere we go.
For those becoming aware of their self-protective mechanisms in relationship, it can be shocking to realize… I’m doing this so much so that I don’t even know who I am anymore.
This is where we’ll begin.
Whether you were the helper, the people pleaser, the stoic, protector, practical joker, smart one, scapegoat, favorite or something else, the roles that earned you praise or protected you can become the thing you hide behind as an adult.
And it’s exhausting. Not only because it takes energy to keep up appearances. But because so often, we’re doing it everywhere we go.
For those becoming aware of their self-protective mechanisms in relationship, it can be shocking to realize… I’m doing this so much so that I don’t even know who I am anymore.
This is where we’ll begin.
Whether you were the helper, the people pleaser, the stoic, protector, practical joker, smart one, scapegoat, favorite or something else, the roles that earned you praise or protected you can become the thing you hide behind as an adult.
And it’s exhausting. Not only because it takes energy to keep up appearances. But because so often, we’re doing it everywhere we go.
For those becoming aware of their self-protective mechanisms in relationship, it can be shocking to realize… I’m doing this so much so that I don’t even know who I am anymore.
This is where we’ll begin.