The Terri Cole Show
596 How to Build Emotional Resilience As A High-Functioning Codependent + Empath
Mar 26, 2024
Explore emotional resilience in high-functioning codependent and empaths, focusing on self-awareness, managing anticipatory anxiety, and understanding primary emotions. Learn how to prioritize emotional well-being and cultivate resilience by focusing on your own feelings.
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- Prioritize connecting with your own emotions to build emotional resilience as a high-functioning codependent.
- Anticipatory anxiety and misnaming emotions hinder emotional growth; focus on primary emotions for true intimacy.
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Becoming Emotionally Resilient and Knowing Yourself
Individuals who identify as high functioning codependents often focus on others' emotions, neglecting their own. To build emotional fluency and resilience, it is crucial to prioritize understanding and connecting with one's own feelings. Anticipatory anxiety, which involves excessive planning to prevent conflict, can hinder emotional growth by consuming valuable mental bandwidth. By shifting the focus inward and recognizing primary emotions over secondary ones, individuals can progress towards true emotional intimacy and self-awareness.
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