Rules for Healing as the Family Scapegoat... 1. Stop trying to explain or prove yourself. You are only contributing to feeling more misunderstood when people are committed to not hearing you. 2. You are not everything (or sometimes anything) you've been told you are. If a label, title or criticism feels like it hurts the core of who you are, really take the time to see if it's true to who you are or is someone's projection onto you. 3. Healing sometimes means solitude or changing who you let around. If someone triggers your nervous system & stops you from healing because it puts you in crisis, take a break from the situation and heal, then come back and reassess. 4. Just because your family didn't approve of, accept or validate who you are, doesn't mean others won't get you & love you for who you genuinely are. 5. Practice making peace with never getting the validation, answer or apology you always wanted. It's hard but the truth is, your healing is not dependent on it, you are capable of healing without it. Need more support from one Scapegoat to another? Check out the info for private sessions in my bio āļø ************************************************** Not therapy. Content based on my own personal views, experiences & study.
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