HopeWell Counseling

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Love this! We've all been here... Don't let your pain get in the way of loving whole heartedly!

Only YOU can determine your worth.

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You are old enough to know that waiting for someone to admit they were wrong is a waste of Your time!You are old enough to know that waiting for someone to admit they were wrong is a waste of Your time!

There are 4 responses And we can get stuck in one or more of these. They usually stem from childhood trauma and stressful times. ... We fight because we feel threatened We flight because we feel threatened We freeze because we feel threatened We fawn because we feel threatened When they show up daily they are usually a result of a perceived threat. Meaning there is not an actual environmental threat that is triggering us to go into fight/flight/freeze/fawn Instead it’s our perception of the environment A friend ignoring our text becomes a threat because we are perceiving abandonment. Going to a party becomes a threat because we are perceiving ridicule Being still becomes a threat because we are perceiving failure Not having the upper hand becomes a threat because we are perceiving a loss of control Do these make sense? See more

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