Christine BairstowMarriage & Family Therapist, LMFT

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You are stuck in the past. Believing that the world isn’t quite safe has put you in a constant state of alert, as if the danger never truly ended. Because, in many ways, it hasn’t. A door closing too loudly. A sudden movement. A tone of voice. These are not simple sounds or sights; they’re triggers. Trauma “taught you” that you are unworthy of love or that no one can be trusted. You went on to believe it was your fault, that you are damaged, or you deserved it. It made you build walls so high that no one could climb them. Now, you carry all that pain and turmoil into your relationships, making intimacy a complicated terrain.

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