hyperindependent adult: she feels like she has to do everything on her own and struggles to ask for help. She’s the therapist-friend, the person everyone goes to with their problems, but she feels like her problems and emotions are burdens. Sophie got the message that she could receive love and attention by alleviating other people’s stress. But now when she’s stressed or overwhelmed she feels like she needs to hide those feelings. No one ever thinks to check in on her because they assume she always is fine and has it together. She unconsciously seeks out romantic relationships in which she
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