4 signs you learned to survive instead of live

4 signs you learned to survive instead of live

1. You overwork to prove your worth
2. You perform okay when you are falling apart
3. You give until you are empty and call it love
4. You shrink yourself so others feel comfortable

Survival mode was necessary once. It kept you safe when safety was not guaranteed. But you are not in that room anymore. You are not that child anymore. The emergency ended. Your nervous system just forgot to update.

You can stop surviving now. You are allowed to start living.

#MentalHealth #Psychology #SelfAwareness #Healing #SurvivalMode #Growth #Boundaries #YouAreNotAlone

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Crowl Isabel @isabelcrowl5674

okay hold on bc #4 just hit me right in the chest. I've been doing that my whole life without even realizing it was a trauma response. Still struggling to unlearn it honestly. How do you even start re-learning how to just *exist* without panicking that you're gonna get punished for it?
6 days ago

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