Subtle signs
The quieter, often-overlooked signs that hierarchy has crept into a romantic relationship: • Uneven listening: One partner’s stories get full attention, while the other’s are rushed or
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The quieter, often-overlooked signs that hierarchy has crept into a romantic relationship: • Uneven listening: One partner’s stories get full attention, while the other’s are rushed or
• Overt trauma: The obvious, visible wound. Abuse, violence, accident, war, violation — experiences so overwhelming they leave no doubt that something terrible happened. It’s
Trauma is not an event — it’s what happens inside us when life overwhelms our ability to stay whole. • Overwhelm: Trauma is the flooding of experience
It’s the constructed self — the mask of roles, identities, judgments, and strategies that we present to the world. • It forms as a protection: when our raw
The courage to do therapy is profound, because it asks a person to walk toward what they would otherwise be avoiding. • It’s the courage
• Therapy isn’t just for crisis: It’s for living more fully. You don’t need a diagnosis to want clarity, freedom, or deeper connection. • Small

Sympathy looks downward. It says: “I feel bad for you.” It positions me outside your experience, offering pity or comfort from a distance. It can soothe, but it can
Hierarchy, in the humanist sense, is one of the deepest patterns that wounds us — because it shapes how we see ourselves, others, and what
Humanism and trust are inseparable — because genuine human interactions are only possible when you believe in the person sitting across from you. • Trust
Intimacy in relationship is not just closeness — it is the willingness to be seen and to see without armour. • Emotional intimacy: Letting another into your inner world