my childhood trauma didn't make me stronger it made me a people pleaser, it made it impossible for me to give up on people, it made me exhaustingly empathetic, and it made me constantly have the urge to take responsibility for everybody's problems even if I didn't cause them.
“In a world that often seems too crowded or busy to notice beautiful things or make meaningful connections, there is still room for each of us to grow in the ways we were meant to.”
One of my goals is to stop being so critical of myself. So I started setting a daily alarm at 8pm that says “You did everything you could in the moment” and my god did I need it today. Here’s your reminder to start speaking kindly to yourself every day.
Can someone teach me how to be more assertive? Like assertive people, I genuinely need to know how you do what you do. Because I will stand up for anyone, but when it comes to standing up for myself I have absolutely 0% capability of doing so.