human condition

a marker of transitioning to sober adulthood that i wasn’t expecting is the realisation that i can’t be my parents’ saviour. that our very relationship means despite my best efforts i’m one of the people least capable of being with the aspects of them they most need held & seen

Compulsive apologizing is one way that people in codependent patterns covertly ask for care. Hyper vigilant about any potential impact they could have on others (typically from unhealthy emotional-developmental environments) leads to projecting their own pain onto ambiguous… 1/