Communicating your expectations: a difficult exercise
Many people have learned to bury their feelings deep, as if hiding valuable objects for fear of losing them. As a result, they have difficulty expressing their emotions or desires. Their survival mechanism consists of pleasing others first, absorbing stress, and accepting situations against their will.
Setting boundaries? Unthinkable. They were taught that their needs were secondary or even inappropriate. Thus, they disappear in relationships, minimize their perceptions, and sometimes lose touch with their true desires.
The constant search for absent validation
Parental love is not limited to meeting material needs. It involves presence, listening, and constant appreciation. Adults who lacked this often seek compensation in different areas: professional success, approval from others, or unbalanced relationships.
This constant need for recognition can be exhausting. Like a bottomless pit, they try to fill an old emotional void.
