What If Your Strengths Are Just Survival in Disguise?
We often think trauma is what happened. But what if it’s what we became to survive?
The Overachiever. The Caretaker. The Rebel. These aren’t personality types, they are emotional blueprints. Adaptive strategies etched into the nervous system when safety was scarce and connection was conditional.
Neuroscience calls it toxic stress. Culture calls it resilience. But the truth? It’s a quiet brilliance forged in the fire of childhood.
As Dr. Gabor Maté reminds us, “Children don’t get traumatised because they’re hurt. They get traumatised because they’re alone with the hurt.”
From Viola Davis to Dr. Joy DeGruy, the message is clear, survival isn’t weakness. It’s intelligence. But thriving? That’s the next chapter.
Read more: https://www.nbwn.org/post/behind-the-mask
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