There Is No Health Without Mental Health (4/21)

A traumatized brain and nervous system, especially when shaped in childhood, learns that in order to survive, you have to push through pain and hardship. Over time, this becomes the default, the “normal” way of being.

Even as an adult, you might find yourself subconsciously choosing to keep suffering because it feels familiar, like it’s what you know.

You might stay in toxic relationships, put up with poor boundaries, or keep pushing yourself at work until you burn out.

Maybe you hold onto guilt, ignore your own needs, or keep giving to others while neglecting yourself.