Blog Update - Knowing Yourself: Understanding Behaviour and Building Resilience

[Jamie]

Knowing Yourself: Understanding Behaviour and Building Resilience

Recovery from abuse doesn’t start with a perfect plan — it starts with a question: Why do I feel and act the way I do?

For many survivors, behaviours that seem irrational or disruptive make perfect sense when seen through the lens of trauma. Avoidance, overexplaination, hypervigilance, people-pleasing — these aren’t character flaws. They’re survival strategies shaped by experiences that forced us to adapt in order to feel safe.

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[Amy]

Knowing Yourself: Understanding Behaviour and Building Resilience

Recovery from abuse doesn’t start with a perfect plan — it starts with a question: Why do I feel and act the way I do?

For many survivors, behaviours that seem irrational or disruptive make perfect sense when seen through the lens of trauma. Avoidance, overexplaination, hypervigilance, people-pleasing — these aren’t character flaws. They’re survival strategies shaped by experiences that forced us to adapt in order to feel safe.

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Really helpful article - thank you.

[SunshineSmile]

I really needed to read that article today Jamie - thankyou!