Your sensitive nature makes you not only aware of the emotional needs of others, but deeply affected by them- emotionally and sometimes physically feeling the pain of others; making it hard for you to decipher which feelings are your own.
When you take on the burden of emotional pain that is not your own, it’s natural for you to overextend yourself to please them and end up feeling exhausted, resentful, taken for granted and experience emotional or physical pain.
As this cycle continues, you feel excessively anxious, stuck in your head and your life starts to reflect the instability you feel inside. So, in order to regain control, you do one of the following (or both!)
● Rely on unhealthy coping mechanisms such as shutting down, secluding yourself or numbing yourself... only to end up further disconnected from your authentic self and more disempowered than ever.
● You shrink back from your inner power and accept less than what you deserve, keeping you from showing up in the fullest expression of yourself and having the loving relationships and life that your heart desires.