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The Emotional Over-Functioner: Ending the Cycle of Relationship Exhaustion
Kamini Wood explores the draining role of the "emotionally responsible one", the person in a family, friendship, or workplace who instinctively monitors and manages the emotional climate to keep the peace. This pattern often stems from childhood environments with unpredictable emotions, where a child learned to stay safe by hyper-attuning to others' moods and resolving tension before it escalated. Kamini explains how this leads to "emotional over-functioning," where one person carries the weight of the entire relationship while others unconsciously do less, resulting in a profound, invisible…
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