05/08/2025
When we didn't have safe, supportive, healthy relationships as little people,
our boundaries can get all out of whack.
Some develop rigid walls, because that's the easiest way to feel safe around others;
just don't let them see or know too much.
Others have no ability to differentiate from others at all - being safe meant needing to self-abandon to provide everyone else with what they needed, so they struggle with knowing their own values, needs, and limits, let alone sharing them with others.
Both of these stem from an under-developed relationship with ourselves.
Which happens when we didn't receive the mirroring, co-regulation, safety, unconditional love, and boundaries that we needed when we were developing as little people.
And there is pain in not having received these things.
There are parts left under-nourished, still wanting guidance and safety.
Healing in adulthood is learning to meet our truest selves safely. It's learning how to meet these under-nourished parts, these younger wounds with love and compassion, and showing them that we can be the adult we always needed. It's allowing ourselves to process the feelings we were never allowed to feel.
As you begin to meet these parts with love and safety, you begin to trust yourself.
You trust your own intuition.
When you follow through with what you need, it feels calming, empowering.
It begins to feel easier to let other people see the real you - because you like the real you.
And, over time, the folks who don't respect your boundaries or struggle with this version of you begin to fade away (which also requires some grieving).
But it does create the space for folks who are attracted to your light; who resonate with this brightest, most authentic version of you.
It's not an easy process, and it's one that takes time.
It takes processing, learning, grieving, accepting, and opening.
But it is possible, and it's worth the effort it takes to get there.
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