So I just saw this meme as I was scrolling through and checking my client notifications, but I wanted to share it on here. So reasons we abandoned ourselves. We were taught to put others needs before our own. We were never taught that our feelings and needs were important. During childhood, our needs and feelings were dismissed or minimized. During childhood, prioritizing our caregivers was the way we received love. We were so conditioned to ignore our needs that we cannot identify them today. We are afraid of being abandoned if we advocate for ourselves. I know some of these really hit home for me and how I grew up. So curious to know if any of them hit home for you.

I can definitely relate to this a lot because I was the oldest of five kids and I definitely took a lot of responsibility for everybody else's crap and I could never do anything from myself and I barely had a social life.

When I was younger, in my 20s, I definitely felt this to be very true to my life. And I think a lot of it stems from insecurity.

Well, thank you for sharing, Ash. Because those definitely hit home for me, too.