We are born with inalienable emotional needs for love acceptance freedom, attention, validation of or feelings and physical holding.
Healthy identity is based on the fulfillment of these needs.
Category: Anxious Ambivalent
Is it narcissism or selfishness & avoidance
https://api.spreaker.com/v2/episodes/48564795/download.mp3 The term ‘narcissist’ seems to have become the wide-casting buzz word we now use to describe a person we are in a ‘toxic’ relationship with. Some people really are narcissists but some people are just selfish, self-absorbed and avoidant. Some relationships are truly toxic causing psychological distress but some are unhealthy and are not… Continue reading Is it narcissism or selfishness & avoidance
There is nothing wrong with you. It’s just unhealed trauma.
What’s below the surface of the iceberg is fairly massive so if you were to chip away at it, it could be a bit of work but it would be a worthwhile thing to do to start healing, right? Healing isn’t a step-by-step process; first do this, then that, then these next few things, and Voila! Healed. No-no-no. If it were that easy everyone would do it, right!
Trauma is layered because there is the initial trauma (usually childhood but not always), then there are the life experiences that are layered on top of it which buries it deeper and deeper within.
An anxious attachment style in relationships
Click to watch the video https://youtu.be/7z0Hf597CA4 This is part 1 of a 3-part series on attachment styles with the intention of helping you understand yourself and the patterns that are present in your romantic relationships that are causing distress in your life. Attachment styles are what we need to emotionally and intimately connect in… Continue reading An anxious attachment style in relationships