Latest / Adult Child of Dysfunction / E 332: Tammys Takes #27: 5 Signs You're Grieving Something You Haven't Identified Yet
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- 0:02Welcome
- 0:03back
- 0:03to
- 0:03Tammy's
- 0:04Takes,
- 0:04where
- 0:04we
- 0:04take
- 0:04powerful
- 0:05conversations
- 0:05with
- 0:06our
- 0:06guests
- 0:06and
- 0:06turn
- 0:06them
- 0:06into
- 0:07incredible
- 0:08practical
- 0:08strategies
- 0:09you
- 0:09can
- 0:09use
- 0:10right
- 0:10here,
- 0:10right
- 0:11now.
- 0:11So
- 0:11this
- 0:12week,
- 0:12I
- 0:12had
- 0:12the
- 0:12opportunity
- 0:13to
- 0:13sit
- 0:13down
- 0:13with
- 0:14John
- 0:14Kammer,
- 0:14founder
- 0:15of
- 0:15Guardian
- 0:15Angels,
- 0:16an
- 0:16AI-powered
- 0:17grief
- 0:18support
- 0:18platform.
- 0:19And
- 0:19while
- 0:19we
- 0:19talked
- 0:20a
- 0:20lot
- 0:20about
- 0:20grief,
- 0:21something
- 0:21kept
- 0:22standing
- 0:22out
- 0:22to
- 0:22me
- 0:23through
- 0:23the
- 0:23entire
- 0:24conversation.
- 0:25Most
- 0:25people
- 0:26honestly
- 0:27don't
- 0:27even
- 0:27realize
- 0:28they're
- 0:28grieving.
- 0:29They
- 0:29might
- 0:29think
- 0:29they're
- 0:29anxious,
- 0:30they
- 0:30might
- 0:30think
- 0:30they're
- 0:31stuck,
- 0:31they
- 0:31might
- 0:31think
- 0:32they're
- 0:32burned
- 0:32out,
- 0:32they
- 0:33think
- 0:33they're
- 0:33unmotivated,
- 0:34they
- 0:34think
- 0:34they're
- 0:35failing.
- 0:36But
- 0:36what
- 0:36if
- 0:36the
- 0:37underneath
- 0:37all
- 0:38those
- 0:38symptoms
- 0:39is
- 0:39just
- 0:39grief
- 0:40that
- 0:40they
- 0:40never
- 0:40had
- 0:40a
- 0:40chance
- 0:41to
- 0:41process?
- 0:48T
- 0:49Today
- 0:49I
- 0:49wanna
- 0:49talk
- 0:49to
- 0:50you
- 0:50about
- 0:50five
- 0:50signs
- 0:51you're
- 0:51grieving
- 0:51something
- 0:52you
- 0:52haven't
- 0:52even
- 0:52identified
- 0:53yet.
- 0:53And
- 0:54before
- 0:54you
- 0:54tune
- 0:54out
- 0:55because
- 0:55nobody
- 0:55died,
- 0:56hear
- 0:56me
- 0:56out.
- 0:57Grief
- 0:57isn't
- 0:57just
- 0:58about
- 0:58death.
- 0:59We
- 0:59grieve
- 0:59relationships,
- 1:00we
- 1:00grieve
- 1:00childhoods,
- 1:01we
- 1:01grieve
- 1:02lost
- 1:02dreams,
- 1:03we
- 1:03grieve
- 1:04who
- 1:04we
- 1:04thought
- 1:05we
- 1:05were
- 1:05going
- 1:05to
- 1:05become,
- 1:06we
- 1:06grieve
- 1:07marriages,
- 1:07we
- 1:08grieve
- 1:08our
- 1:08health,
- 1:08we
- 1:09grieve
- 1:09opportunities
- 1:10we
- 1:10never
- 1:10got.
- 1:11And
- 1:11if
- 1:11you're
- 1:12an
- 1:12adult
- 1:12child
- 1:12of
- 1:12dysfunction,
- 1:13chances
- 1:14are
- 1:14you
- 1:14spent
- 1:15years
- 1:15carrying
- 1:16grief
- 1:16that
- 1:16nobody
- 1:17ever
- 1:17gave
- 1:17you
- 1:18permission
- 1:18to
- 1:18even
- 1:19acknowledge.
- 1:20So
- 1:20let's
- 1:20dive
- 1:20in.
- 1:21The
- 1:21first
- 1:21sign
- 1:22you're
- 1:22grieving
- 1:22something
- 1:23you
- 1:23haven't
- 1:23identified
- 1:24is
- 1:24that
- 1:24you
- 1:24keep
- 1:25revisiting
- 1:25the
- 1:25same
- 1:25story
- 1:26over
- 1:26and
- 1:26over
- 1:27again.
- 1:27You
- 1:28know
- 1:28the
- 1:28one.
- 1:28You
- 1:29tell
- 1:29yourself
- 1:29you're
- 1:29over
- 1:30it,
- 1:30you
- 1:30tell
- 1:30yourself
- 1:31you've
- 1:31moved
- 1:31on,
- 1:31and
- 1:32then
- 1:32somehow
- 1:32you
- 1:32find
- 1:32yourself
- 1:33thinking
- 1:33about
- 1:33it
- 1:33again,
- 1:34thinking
- 1:34about
- 1:35it
- 1:35again,
- 1:35explaining
- 1:36it
- 1:36again,
- 1:36replaying
- 1:37it
- 1:37again,
- 1:38over
- 1:38and
- 1:38over.
- 1:39Why?
- 1:40Because
- 1:40unresolved
- 1:41grief
- 1:41keeps
- 1:41knocking
- 1:42on
- 1:42the
- 1:42door
- 1:42until
- 1:43it's
- 1:43acknowledged.
- 1:44It
- 1:44doesn't
- 1:44go
- 1:44away.
- 1:45The
- 1:45mind
- 1:45doesn't
- 1:45repeat
- 1:46things
- 1:46because
- 1:46you're
- 1:47broken.
- 1:47It
- 1:47repeats
- 1:48them
- 1:48because
- 1:48something
- 1:49is
- 1:49left
- 1:49unfinished.
- 1:50Something
- 1:51still
- 1:51needs
- 1:51your
- 1:51attention,
- 1:52something
- 1:53still
- 1:53needs
- 1:53compassion,
- 1:54it
- 1:54needs
- 1:54love,
- 1:56The
- 1:56second
- 1:56sign
- 1:56is
- 1:56that
- 2:00you
- 2:00feel
- 2:00exhausted
- 2:01all
- 2:01the
- 2:01time.
- 2:02Not
- 2:02physically
- 2:02tired,
- 2:03but
- 2:03emotionally
- 2:04tired,
- 2:04soul
- 2:05tired,
- 2:05mentally
- 2:06tired.
- 2:07One
- 2:07of
- 2:07the
- 2:07things
- 2:08I
- 2:08see
- 2:08over
- 2:08and
- 2:08over
- 2:09again
- 2:09in
- 2:09my
- 2:09coaching
- 2:09practice
- 2:10is
- 2:10people
- 2:10carrying
- 2:11emotional
- 2:11loads
- 2:12that
- 2:12they
- 2:12don't
- 2:12even
- 2:13realize
- 2:13they're
- 2:13carrying.
- 2:14They've
- 2:15become
- 2:15so
- 2:16accustomed
- 2:16to
- 2:17carrying
- 2:17around
- 2:17disappointment,
- 2:18anger,
- 2:19guilt,
- 2:19shame,
- 2:20and
- 2:21all
- 2:21the
- 2:21other
- 2:21emotions,
- 2:22that
- 2:23it
- 2:23starts
- 2:23to
- 2:23feel
- 2:24normal
- 2:24to
- 2:24them.
- 2:25But
- 2:25carrying
- 2:26unprocessed
- 2:31emotions
- 2:31takes
- 2:32energy,
- 2:33and
- 2:33it
- 2:33takes
- 2:33a
- 2:33lot
- 2:34of
- 2:34it.
- 2:34Your
- 2:34nervous
- 2:35system
- 2:35doesn't
- 2:35know
- 2:36the
- 2:36difference
- 2:36between
- 2:36a
- 2:36threat
- 2:38that's
- 2:38happening
- 2:38right
- 2:39now
- 2:39in
- 2:39the
- 2:39moment
- 2:40and
- 2:40a
- 2:40wound
- 2:40that's
- 2:41never
- 2:41been
- 2:41resolved,
- 2:42so
- 2:42it
- 2:42stays
- 2:42on
- 2:42high
- 2:43alert.
- 2:43It
- 2:43stays
- 2:44vigilant.
- 2:44It
- 2:44stays
- 2:45exhausted.
- 2:46Sometimes
- 2:46what
- 2:47looks
- 2:47like
- 2:47burnout
- 2:48is
- 2:48actually
- 2:48grief.
- 2:50The
- 2:50third
- 2:50sign
- 2:50is
- 2:51that
- 2:51you
- 2:51overreact
- 2:52to
- 2:52things
- 2:52that
- 2:52don't
- 2:53seem
- 2:53that
- 2:53important.
- 2:54Maybe
- 2:54someone
- 2:54doesn't
- 2:55call
- 2:55you
- 2:55back.
- 2:55Maybe
- 2:56your
- 2:56spouse
- 2:56forgets
- 2:56something.
- 2:57Maybe
- 2:58your
- 2:58boss
- 2:58sends
- 2:58a
- 2:58short
- 2:59little
- 2:59email,
- 2:59and
- 2:59it
- 3:00just
- 3:00rubs
- 3:00you
- 3:00the
- 3:00wrong
- 3:01way.
- 3:01Suddenly,
- 3:02you
- 3:02are
- 3:02overwhelmed
- 3:03with
- 3:03emotion.
- 3:04You
- 3:04feel
- 3:04rejected,
- 3:05abandoned,
- 3:05angry,
- 3:06worthless.
- 3:07Here's
- 3:07what
- 3:07I
- 3:07want
- 3:08you
- 3:08to
- 3:08understand.
- 3:09The
- 3:09reaction
- 3:10is
- 3:10rarely
- 3:10about
- 3:10the
- 3:11current
- 3:11event.
- 3:12It's
- 3:12usually
- 3:14It's
- 3:14usually
- 3:14touching
- 3:15something
- 3:15older.
- 3:16Grief
- 3:16has
- 3:16a
- 3:16way
- 3:17of
- 3:17hiding
- 3:17beneath
- 3:17our
- 3:18triggers.
- 3:19Many
- 3:19times
- 3:19we're
- 3:19not
- 3:20reacting
- 3:20to
- 3:20what
- 3:20just
- 3:21happened.
- 3:21We're
- 3:22reacting
- 3:22to
- 3:22every
- 3:23single
- 3:23something
- 3:24similar
- 3:25that
- 3:25happened
- 3:25before.
- 3:26That's
- 3:26why
- 3:26healing
- 3:29isn't
- 3:29about
- 3:30fixing
- 3:30the
- 3:30reaction.
- 3:31It's
- 3:31about
- 3:31understanding
- 3:32what
- 3:32the
- 3:32reaction
- 3:33is
- 3:33trying
- 3:33to
- 3:33tell
- 3:34us.
- 3:35So
- 3:35moving
- 3:35on
- 3:35to
- 3:35the
- 3:35fourth
- 3:37sign.
- 3:38You
- 3:38can't
- 3:38seem
- 3:39to
- 3:39move
- 3:39forward
- 3:39no
- 3:39matter
- 3:40how
- 3:40hard
- 3:40you
- 3:40try.
- 3:41You
- 3:41read
- 3:41the
- 3:41books.
- 3:42You
- 3:42listen
- 3:42to
- 3:42the
- 3:43podcasts.
- 3:43You
- 3:43attend
- 3:44the
- 3:44workshops.
- 3:44You
- 3:44set
- 3:44the
- 3:45goals.
- 3:45You
- 3:45make
- 3:45the
- 3:45vision
- 3:46boards,
- 3:47and
- 3:47yet
- 3:47you
- 3:47still
- 3:47feel
- 3:48stuck.
- 3:49What
- 3:49if
- 3:49you
- 3:49aren't
- 3:49stuck?
- 3:50What
- 3:50if
- 3:50you're
- 3:50carrying
- 3:51something
- 3:51around
- 3:52that's
- 3:52too
- 3:52heavy
- 3:52to
- 3:53move
- 3:53forward
- 3:53with?
- 3:54Imagine
- 3:55trying
- 3:55to
- 3:55run
- 3:55a
- 3:55race
- 3:56while
- 3:56you're
- 3:56carrying
- 3:56this
- 3:57huge
- 3:59bag
- 3:59of
- 3:59bricks.
- 4:00I
- 4:00talk
- 4:00about
- 4:01the
- 4:02the
- 4:02invisible
- 4:03backpack
- 4:03that's
- 4:03on
- 4:04your
- 4:04back
- 4:04that
- 4:04is
- 4:04every
- 4:05single
- 4:05unprocessed
- 4:05thing
- 4:06you
- 4:06ever
- 4:06dealt
- 4:07with.
- 4:07That's
- 4:08gonna
- 4:08weigh
- 4:08you
- 4:08down,
- 4:09my
- 4:09friends.
- 4:10Sometimes
- 4:10before
- 4:11we
- 4:11can
- 4:11move
- 4:11on,
- 4:11we
- 4:12need
- 4:12to
- 4:12make
- 4:12space
- 4:13for
- 4:13what
- 4:13we've
- 4:13been
- 4:13carrying.
- 4:14We
- 4:14have
- 4:14to
- 4:14acknowledge
- 4:15the
- 4:15losses.
- 4:16We
- 4:16have
- 4:16to
- 4:16honor
- 4:17the
- 4:17pain.
- 4:17We
- 4:17have
- 4:17to
- 4:18stop
- 4:18pretending
- 4:18we're
- 4:19okay
- 4:19when
- 4:19we're
- 4:19not.
- 4:21we
- 4:21have
- 4:21to
- 4:21start
- 4:21doing
- 4:24these
- 4:24things
- 4:24now.
- 4:25Now,
- 4:25the
- 4:25fifth
- 4:26sign
- 4:26is
- 4:27one
- 4:27that
- 4:27breaks
- 4:27my
- 4:27heart
- 4:28because
- 4:28I
- 4:28see
- 4:28it
- 4:28so
- 4:29often.
- 4:29You
- 4:29have
- 4:30a
- 4:30hard
- 4:30time
- 4:30feeling
- 4:31joy,
- 4:31not
- 4:32because
- 4:32you're
- 4:32unhappy,
- 4:33not
- 4:33because
- 4:33your
- 4:33life
- 4:34is
- 4:34terrible,
- 4:35but
- 4:35because
- 4:35somewhere
- 4:36along
- 4:36the
- 4:36way,
- 4:36your
- 4:37nervous
- 4:37system
- 4:37learned
- 4:38that
- 4:38it
- 4:38wasn't
- 4:39safe
- 4:39to
- 4:39fully
- 4:40relax.
- 4:40It
- 4:41wasn't
- 4:41safe
- 4:41to
- 4:41celebrate.
- 4:42It
- 4:42wasn't
- 4:42safe
- 4:42to
- 4:43trust
- 4:43good
- 4:43things.
- 4:44Honestly,
- 4:45many
- 4:45adult
- 4:46children
- 4:46of
- 4:46dysfunction
- 4:47become
- 4:47experts
- 4:47at
- 4:48surviving,
- 4:48but
- 4:49they
- 4:49never
- 4:49learn
- 4:50how
- 4:50to
- 4:50receive.
- 4:51They
- 4:51never
- 4:51learn
- 4:51how
- 4:51to
- 4:52feel
- 4:52safe
- 4:52enough
- 4:52to
- 4:52experience
- 4:53joy
- 4:53without
- 4:54waiting
- 4:54for
- 4:54the
- 4:54other
- 4:54shoe
- 4:55to
- 4:55drop.
- 4:56And
- 4:56underneath
- 4:57that
- 4:57is
- 4:57often
- 4:58grief.
- 4:59Grief
- 4:59for
- 4:59the
- 4:59childhood
- 5:00they
- 5:00didn't
- 5:00have,
- 5:00grief
- 5:01for
- 5:01the
- 5:01safety
- 5:01they
- 5:01deserve,
- 5:02grief
- 5:03for
- 5:03the
- 5:03love
- 5:03they
- 5:03needed,
- 5:04grief
- 5:04for
- 5:05all
- 5:05the
- 5:05years
- 5:05they
- 5:05spent
- 5:06trying
- 5:06to
- 5:06become
- 5:07who
- 5:07everyone
- 5:08else
- 5:08needed
- 5:08them
- 5:08to
- 5:08be.
- 5:10So
- 5:10you've
- 5:10got
- 5:10the
- 5:11five
- 5:11signs.
- 5:12So
- 5:12what
- 5:12do
- 5:12we
- 5:12do
- 5:12with
- 5:12all
- 5:13this?
- 5:13We
- 5:13stop
- 5:14running.
- 5:14We
- 5:14stop
- 5:15judging
- 5:15ourselves.
- 5:16We
- 5:16stop
- 5:16asking,
- 5:17"What's
- 5:17wrong
- 5:17with
- 5:17me?"
- 5:18And
- 5:18we
- 5:18start
- 5:19asking
- 5:19a
- 5:19different
- 5:19question,
- 5:20starting
- 5:20now.
- 5:21The
- 5:21question
- 5:21that
- 5:22I
- 5:24want
- 5:24you
- 5:25to
- 5:25ask
- 5:25yourself
- 5:25is,
- 5:26"What
- 5:26am
- 5:26I
- 5:26carrying
- 5:27that
- 5:27hasn't
- 5:27been
- 5:28acknowledged?"
- 5:29Because
- 5:29healing
- 5:30doesn't
- 5:30begin
- 5:30when
- 5:30we
- 5:30force
- 5:31ourselves
- 5:31to
- 5:32move
- 5:32on.
- 5:32Healing
- 5:33begins
- 5:33when
- 5:34we
- 5:34tell
- 5:34the
- 5:34truth,
- 5:35the
- 5:35truth
- 5:35about
- 5:36what
- 5:36hurt,
- 5:36the
- 5:36truth
- 5:37about
- 5:37what
- 5:37was
- 5:37lost,
- 5:38the
- 5:38truth
- 5:38about
- 5:38what
- 5:39we're
- 5:39still
- 5:39carrying.
- 5:40And
- 5:40from
- 5:40there,
- 5:41we
- 5:41can
- 5:41begin
- 5:41creating
- 5:42safety
- 5:42in
- 5:42the
- 5:42body.
- 5:43We
- 5:43can
- 5:43begin
- 5:44regulating
- 5:44the
- 5:44nervous
- 5:45system.
- 5:45We
- 5:45can
- 5:45begin
- 5:46releasing
- 5:46what
- 5:47no
- 5:47longer
- 5:47belongs
- 5:47to
- 5:48us,
- 5:48and
- 5:48that's
- 5:49where
- 5:49real
- 5:49healing
- 5:49starts.
- 5:50So
- 5:51if
- 5:51this
- 5:51episode
- 5:57resonated
- 5:57with
- 5:57you,
- 5:58I
- 5:58want
- 5:58to
- 5:58invite
- 5:58you
- 5:58to
- 5:59take
- 5:59the
- 5:59next
- 5:59step.
- 6:08One
- 6:09of
- 6:09the
- 6:09things
- 6:09I
- 6:09love
- 6:09about
- 6:10the
- 6:10biofrequency
- 6:10scans
- 6:11that
- 6:11I
- 6:11offer
- 6:12is
- 6:12that
- 6:12they
- 6:12often
- 6:12reveal
- 6:13stress
- 6:13patterns,
- 6:14emotional
- 6:14burdens,
- 6:15and
- 6:15nervous
- 6:15system
- 6:16imbalances
- 6:16that
- 6:17people
- 6:17have
- 6:17been
- 6:17carrying
- 6:17for
- 6:18years
- 6:18without
- 6:18even
- 6:18realizing
- 6:19it.
- 6:19Sometimes
- 6:20the
- 6:20body
- 6:20is
- 6:20telling
- 6:21a
- 6:21story
- 6:21that
- 6:21the
- 6:22mind
- 6:22fully
- 6:22hasn't
- 6:23caught
- 6:23up
- 6:23with
- 6:23yet.
- 6:24So
- 6:24if
- 6:24you're
- 6:24curious
- 6:25about
- 6:25what
- 6:25your
- 6:25body
- 6:25might
- 6:26be
- 6:26holding
- 6:26onto
- 6:26that
- 6:26you'd
- 6:27like
- 6:27to
- 6:27support
- 6:27and
- 6:30identifying
- 6:30some
- 6:30of
- 6:41those
- 6:41patterns,
- 6:42I'd
- 6:42love
- 6:42to
- 6:42invite
- 6:43you
- 6:43to
- 6:43book
- 6:43a
- 6:43complimentary
- 6:44session
- 6:44with
- 6:44me.
- 6:45We'll
- 6:45talk
- 6:45about
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