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No one talks about how hard it is to overcome the anxious attachment style that has been forged in you since your traumatic childhood.

Or maybe they do and my ears just don’t listen because I’m hyper focused on the whisper of true healing from within.

But this kind of tender whispering from outside one self…wow. The younger lost me really could’ve used that act of comfort in the middle of the night.

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I’m working on not overthinking the small stuff.

Growing up, there was really nothing but trauma, and I think overthinking became my way of protecting myself. I’d just pull inward every time.
PerfectionOfTheHeart · 46-50, F
@Bexsy Inward felt like the only safe place, but even there monsters exist. I wish we both could give our childhood selves a long tight hug and tell them it’ll be okay.
@PerfectionOfTheHeart me too, truly