There are traits I once believed were “just who I am. ” Independent. Never asking for help. Always busy. Always scanning. The peacemaker. The over-thinker. But as I healed, I began to see the truth with clearer eyes: many of these weren’t personality traits at all —they were trauma responses  shaped by what my childhood demanded of me. Growing up with CSA, SA, emotional neglect, narcissistic abuse, or chronic instability  teaches the body to survive first…and to understand la

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