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Why Trauma Survivors Struggle with Self-Care

I take care of everyone else perfectly but I cannot take basic care of myself like eating regular meals or going to the doctor when I am sick.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The capacity for self-nurturing was never properly developed when early life required external focus for survival.

Ideas that help explain it
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