It’s exhausting to constantly focus on everyone else's needs, managing their problems, and prioritizing their well-being. This pattern is often a way we avoid our own pain—a core dynamic of codependency.
If you allowed yourself a moment of space, what quiet, vulnerable feeling would rush in? What are you truly escaping from: fear, emptiness, or sadness?
Lasting peace starts not with the escape, but with the courage to simply look at what feels unbearable. You don't have to face this alone. Therapy offers a safe, non-judgemental space to gently turn toward that pain and explore it with support.
If you allowed yourself a moment of space, what quiet, vulnerable feeling would rush in? What are you truly escaping from: fear, emptiness, or sadness?
Lasting peace starts not with the escape, but with the courage to simply look at what feels unbearable. You don't have to face this alone. Therapy offers a safe, non-judgemental space to gently turn toward that pain and explore it with support.
