E262: From Survival to Thriving: Remembering Who You Really Are

Adult Child of Dysfunction · Jan 25, 2026 · 13m · transcript

In this follow-up episode, Tammy gently expands on her recent conversation with relationship clarity coach Bre Waltas, diving deeper into how growing up in dysfunctional or chaotic homes shapes our identity, attachment patterns, and nervous system responses.

Tammy explores why survival, not self-discovery, becomes the priority in childhood trauma — and how that survival wiring follows us into adulthood. She explains how identity loss, people-pleasing, emotional hypervigilance, and trauma bonds are not personal failures, but intelligent adaptations the body learned to stay safe.

Listeners will…