The Competitive Parent: here's how you know it's this.

So you learned to dim it before you walked in.

It's just mapping a field you've already left.

You've mapped people who have never once exploded.

You're carrying a map of a field you left twenty years ago.

Ask yourself who wrote that. #emotionalneglect #anxiousattachment #attachmentstyles

None of you wrote it. #avoidantattachment #childhoodemotionalneglect #childhoodtrauma

It was just written for the wrong play.

You weren't weak. You were load-bearing. #emotionalneglect #anxiousattachment #attachmentstyles

The Fawn Response..

It was your suspension system.

It just never learned where to stop.

Enmeshment: how you know it's this, and not just a loving family.

Closeness isn't the same as love.

You weren't damaged. You were trained.

Childhood Emotional Neglect: not every quiet house was a cold one.

You're just cold.

The skill is real. It was installed backwards.

Parentification: here's how you know it's this, and not just a strong work ethic.

She never got relieved.

Six PM, firing forty years late.

Hypervigilance: here's how you know it's you.

It's a skill.