human condition

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/

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