Episode notes
There is a moment in healing when you realize your pain has been doing more than hurting you. It has been shaping you.
In Episode 98 of Metanoia Madness, Nicholas explores how emotional wounds quietly evolve into identities when they are carried too long without awareness. Pain settles into the body, informs reactions, shapes expectations, and slowly becomes mistaken for personality.
This episode breaks down how survival adaptations form emotional characters that take the lead in relationships, decision-making, and self-perception. We look at how trauma responses such as emotional detachment, hyper-independence, numbness, avoidance, people-pleasing, and guardedness are often not traits at all, but protective roles learned in moments of overwhelm.
Rather than treating healing as something to fix, this episode invite ...
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