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Old coping skills that don't work like they used to

The Overwhelmed Brain

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What if I Don't Feel Love?

When we have a negative reaction to something like this person oversharing, it has an origin. We're so far separated from what it actually is and what we're responding to that if we don't drill into it, it controls us. This is a coping mechanism that is controlling her life that no longer helps her cope. It may have at one time though. Maybe she talked a lot when she was younger to avoid getting spanked, getting hurt in some way by an adult or maybe another kid. And these are the kinds of things that I had to learn about myself.

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