You've Been Erasing Yourself So Long You Don't Know Who You'd Be If You Stopped

There's a particular kind of exhaustion that comes from caring too much. From being the one everyone leans on, who reads the room, who keeps the peace. You've been doing it so long you can't imagine stopping.

This is codependency. And if it sounds familiar, there's a good chance you didn't develop this pattern on your own—someone taught it to you through survival dynamics.

Codependency is almost always inherited.

In this episode, we explore the pattern of self-erasure:

✨ How it develops: Codependency emerges when your survival depends on managing someone else's well-being. Maybe a parent was an addict, emotionally volatile, or absent—and you became their regulator.

✨ The inherited pattern: ...