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E 368: Tammy's Takes #44: Did Childhood Trauma Become Your Personality?
Have you ever stopped to wonder if the person you think you are... is actually the person you had to become to survive?
In this week's Tammy's Takes, I'm reflecting on one of the most thought-provoking ideas from my conversation with author Megan DeMatteo, and taking it one step further. As adult children, many of us spend years believing that our people-pleasing, perfectionism, anxiety, hypervigilance, or difficulty trusting others is simply part of our personality. But what if those behaviors aren't your identity at all? What if they're survival strategies your nervous system developed to…
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