Tag: learning to trust

• I’m Done People-Pleasing: How Trauma Trained Me to Be Everything for Everyone But Myself

  

  For as long as I can remember, I’ve tried to be what everyone else needed me to be. The easygoing friend, the accommodating daughter, the quiet, non-confrontational one who never asked for too much. It wasn’t conscious at first—it was survival. When your nervous system is hardwired by trauma, your body learns to scan for…

  jessicawoodville

  March 17, 2025

  Personal Essays

  cptsd, everything to everyone, fawning, healing, learning to trust, life, love, mental health, people pleasing, ptsd, relationships, resilience, survival, trauma, trauma recovery, trauma response